Baroque MongooseThere are mediaeval medical textbooks; this isn't one of them. This is just a random illustration showing a doctor treating someone's ear. Plus obligatory dragon... er... dinosaur... er... blue reptile sort of thing.
Quite possibly the finest mediaeval high-five in my entire collection. I love the way the lion is just completely unfazed. "Oh, right, a foxdragon, yup, like you get."
KatoRouen is a cool place for a bar crawl. #tavern #bar #street #streetphotography #photography #rouen #france #travel #trip #europe #pub #architecture #mediaeval
Here you go. Definitive proof that they knew exactly who Yoda was in the middle of the 14th century.
#mediaeval #marginalia #StarWars #Yoda
#mediaeval #marginalia #StarWars #Yoda
It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
The Eclectic Light CompanyJerusalem Delivered: 8 Rinaldo abducted by Armida
Jerusalem Delivered: 7 The death of Clorinda
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD#Serfdom was a condition of virtual slavery once common in #mediaeval Europe. By the time it was abolished with the #EmancipationManifesto of #AleksandrII on #ThisDayInHistory in 1861, #Russia was the last hold-out. It was another five years before state-owned #serfs were freed.
Jerusalem Delivered: 6 Erminia flees
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Jerusalem Delivered: 5 First skirmish and a sorceress
