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rain

page from a collection of fables ("cyrillusfabeln") by ulrich von pottenstein, vienna (?), c. 1457

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 340, fol. 97v

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daniel, bel and the dragon

from a copy of "speculum humanae salvationis", northwestern germany, c. 1360

source: Darmstadt, ULB, Hs 2505, fol. 26v

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"ein Jünckfraü zü paden da mit sy wider Jünkfr(au) wert"

= "bathing a virgin so that she becomes a virgin again"

page from a commonplace book (a compilation of knowledge from various fields), bavaria, c. 1515-1519

source: Kraków, Bibl. Jagiellońska, BJ Rkp. Przyb. 35/64, fol. 81v

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mary & elizabeth with jesus & john the baptist

from a copy of brother philipp's "life of the virgin mary", included in a "weltchronik" compilation, bavaria, c. 1400-1410

source: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 33 (88.MP.70), fol. 257r

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ribboned creatures and an emerald wild man

from the marginalia of the "wenzelsbibel" ("wenceslas bible"), prague, c. 1389-95

source: Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 2759, fol. 42v, 21r, 43v, and 57r

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Do you have any pictures of the trinity that looks like a fidget spinner?

hmmm... i'm afraid this is the only one i've got that kind of fits the description:

Getty Museum Collection, Ms. Ludwig XII 8, fol. 52r

other than that, (this is quite random but) this question made me think of this illustration of the baptism of christ, where the baptism shell (?) that john is holding looks suspiciously fidget-spinnery:

Colmar, Bibliothèque des Dominicains, Ms. 306 (Cat. no. 213), fol. 15r

also i just KNOW i've encountered this shape in other manuscripts, but i can't find those examples right now. if i do, i'll let you know :)

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neptune, styx, and the harpies

from a copy of john ridewall's "fulgentius metaforalis" (?), bavaria, c. 1424

source: Vatican, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 222v

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Marginal animals from a medieval breviary.

Ordo breviarii secundum consuetudinem Romane curie : manuscript, [ca. 1480]

MS Typ 219

Houghton Library, Harvard University

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wilhelm werner von zimmern copied these from a printed work from 1532. if you're trying to understand the system, it's easier to do so with the printed version :)

source: Munich, BSB, Res/4 Graph. 83#Beibd.1

16th c. alphabet for fingerspelling & fingercounting

from a copy of a text attributed to bede the venerable (7-8th c.), included in a miscellany manuscript written and illustrated by wilhelm werner von zimmern, speyer (?), c. 1539-62

source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 704, fol. 163r-164r

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16th c. alphabet for fingerspelling & fingercounting

from a copy of a text attributed to bede the venerable (7-8th c.), included in a miscellany manuscript written and illustrated by wilhelm werner von zimmern, speyer (?), c. 1539-62

source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 704, fol. 163r-164r

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bathing men

illustration from a copy of petrus de ebulo's "de balneis puteolanis", naples, 14th c.

source: Paris, BnF, Latin 8161, fol. 16r

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the dance of death

illustration from a manuscript of the "totentanz" by wilhelm werner von zimmern, swabia, c. 1575

source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 123, fol. 84v

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mary and the child jesus

in a book of prayers ("liber precum"), northern germany, 15th c.

source: Heidelberg, UB, Cod. Trübner 148, fol. 54v

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papal prophecies

illustrations from a manuscript copy of "vaticinia de summis pontificibus" (a series of prophecies related to specific popes), northern italy, c. 1410-15

source: Kremsmünster, Benediktinerstift, CC Cim. 6, fol. 5r, 8r, 13v, 16r

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pentecost (the descent of the holy spirit upon mary and the apostles in jerusalem)

illustration from a gospel lectionary, constance (?), c. 1470-80

source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibl., Cod. Sang. 368, p. 44

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the sun

illustration from the medical-astrological "schürstab codex", nuremberg, c. 1472

source: Zurich, Zentralbibl., Ms. C 54, fol. 28v

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chasing beavers

illustration from a manuscript constituted entirely by illuminated pages on numerous cultural techniques, upper rhine, c. 1420-40

source: Zurich, Zentralbibl., Ms. Rh. hist. 33b, fol. 131r