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    #Cat. Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 72r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    #Cavemen. Le secret de l&#39;histoire naturelle, France ca. 1480-1485. BnF, Français 22971, fol. 13r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Batbeaver. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 150r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    #Cats’ habits. ‘The Ashmole Bestiary’, England 13th century (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 35v). #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Constellation Canis Major (Greater Dog, not a half lion, half tadpole…). astronomical miscellany, Germany or Switzerland 15th century. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 172, fol. 49r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Hellmouth. #Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313. BnF, Français 13096, fol. 86r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    M ultitool death. Poncher Hours, Paris c. 1500. LA, Getty Museum, Ms. 109, fol. 156r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Angel says: keep your hands on top of the blanket, guys! Queen Mary Psalter, London 1310-1320. British Library, Royal 2 B VII, fol. 131v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Bear club. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 27v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Bats. Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France 1420. BL, Royal 20 B XX, fol. 51v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Bees. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 63r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Oddish. herbal, Italy 15th century. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, LJS 419, fol. 77r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    #Waterworld. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France c. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Monkey riding a goat with a hunting owl. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 38r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    The Three Dead. ‘De Lisle Psalter’, England ca. 1310. BL, Arundel 83, fol. 127r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Bear rider. Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409. BnF, Latin 919, fol. 75r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Goat-headed rooster. &#39;Hours of Joanna the Mad&#39;, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 94v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Owl. Breviary of Mary of Savoy, Lombardy ca. 1430. Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 4, fol. 447r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    #Medieval censorship. ‘Mettener Regel’, Germany 1414. München, BSB Clm 8201d, fol. 24r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    bBadgers, badgers, badgers. Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la chasse, Avignon ca. 1375-1400. BnF, Français 619, fol. 23v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Rabbits with cell phones? Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 107v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Little Bear. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Samarkand ca. 1430-1440. BnF, Arabe 5036, fol. 23r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Love wins. Christine de Pisan, ‘L&#39;Epistre Othea la deesse…’, Paris ca. 1406. BnF, Français 606, fol. 6r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Hedgehogs in the vineyard. bestiary, England ca. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 52v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Hedgehog. Le Bestiaire divin, England 13th century. BL, Egerton 613, fol. 38v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Heraldic bat. Jean Mansel, La Fleur des histoires, France 1454. Paris, Bibliothèque de l&#39;Arsenal, Ms 5087 réserve, fol. 96v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Hey #cat. stop licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees or you’ll get an arrow! Biblia Porta, France 13th century. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 376r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Black mouse. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century, BL, Stowe 17, fol. 129v. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    #Christ on Majesty flanked by two angels blowing trumpets of the Last Judgement and... a little grey guy licking its butt. Missal, Bavaria ca. 1440-1460. New York Public Library, MA 112, fol. 7r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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    Sign of Pisces. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d&#39;amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350. BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v. #medieval #MedievalArt