#drollery

[sibyllemathilde]

Haley Wood

[upennmanuscripts]

Monkey in a monk's robe I know, I know, it's serious.

A nattily-dressed simian lurks in the bottom margin of f. 187v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag

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[weirdbookthings]

Detailed drolleries from a 1920s childrens book series.

I mean these aren't even the actual illustrations, they're just decorative margins. Pictured here in mostly blue because it shows the details the best. This book series actually alternate print colors in blue, red, green and brown. And theres different ones in all the different books, these are just some I liked.

"The Children's Hour" story collection, by the Houghton Mifflin publishing company, 1928

[cuties-in-codices]

guy sitting by a fire

in a manuscript of jean de wavrin's "anciennes chroniques d'angleterre", flanders, c. 1470-90

source: Paris, BnF, Français 75, fol. 198r

[rongbennettart]

So goes another secret #worksonpaper #nolaart #secret #drollery #charcoal #contemporarydrawing (at Somewhere on Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckvw0nZrRp8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thegothicera]

Fox in a cloak from a Book of Hours (Ms. Ludwig IX 5 (83.ML.101), fol. 196), French, ca. 1410

[myrthena]

I did a little style test for my ocs

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

silly little medieval guy poll!!

[kitseaton]

I’m now offering some of my medieval marginalia inspired art as free high resolution digital downloads in my Ko-fi shop! Each download also includes a black and white version to color for fun and relaxation. Feel free to leave a tip if you’re feeling flush, or just download and enjoy. Thanks so much to all of you! ♥️🦄🐐

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[sibyllemathilde]

Haley Wood

[upennmanuscripts]

It's a bird! It's a plane! Moooooo! It's a flying cow in the bottom margin of f. 180r in Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France. #drollerydonnerstag

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[frustrationinexcelsis]

Favorite genre of medieval manuscript art: The Rabbits Have Fucking Had It!

[cuties-in-codices]

garden party

in the margins of a liturgical manuscript (missal, use of sarum), england, mid-15th c.

source: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 302, fol. 210r

[ancientorigins]

Vengeful, merciless, and hyper-violent…bunnies? This is the story of the killer rabbits in the weird world of medieval manuscripts.

[lemonhemlock]

The fact that the first and last conversation between Aegon and Rhaenyra is when he will say "if they search the seven hells" will always be funny to me

ngl i get a chuckle thinking of that dressing down. you bet he's been practicing witticisms in the mirror for weeks! our sassy king <3