Daniel BellingradtMar 4
Let's say there is a well-known manuscript, in fact a guidance for a healthful living, written in 1429, a true medical-astronomical compendium, and this very manuscript also features a lot of striking initials with human heads blowing winds, hooting noises, making faces etc. A few impressions:
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*long air-breathing noise*
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*pfffffffft*
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*blowing a raspberry*
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*screaming-breathing*
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This one is special in more than one way, adding a #manicule, and a second face staring not so amused into the text: the human head on the left of the initial is not only breathing out artfully but (nota bene) the human head is on top of a dragon body! #bookhistory #dragons
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*tooooooooot*
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Meet the trumpet-tongue-twins!
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... clearly a blunt this initial is having in its mouth, but what do I know...
Mar 4 at 9:32amWeb
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And one last trumpet blowing initial from this manuscript just for fun 🎺