#medievalanimals — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #medievalanimals, aggregated by home.social.
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A Dispute? (‘The Cloisters Apocalypse’; Normandy, c.1330)
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Decorated initials: notorious site of interspecies struggle since the 11th century. 😱 #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #MedievalAnimals #Critters
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“‘God created … every winged bird according to its kind’, by which Genesis 1:21 mainly meant #crows & #ravens, because what other #birds could you possibly want?” — this 13th century artist, apparently.
One for @ct_bergstrom#corvids #MedievalManuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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On Thursday, I had the honour of introducing a Girton College student to Cambridge University Library and giving her a crash-course in handling #MedievalManuscripts. Here’s a highlight from one of them. #Demons #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Hunting
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A #Caturday #NotALion in one of the #MedievalManuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge (now held at Cambridge University Library). #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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At Girton College, Cambridge, #SaintMargaret ’s #dragon has the sweetest little puppy-dog eyes you ever did see… 🥹 #MedievalManuscripts #Saints #MedievalAnimals #Critters #aww
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A #Medieval #MyLittlePony! Painted in Bruges in the late 14th century, this one now lives in Cambridge University Library’s ‘Roberts Hours’. #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #pink #horses #Critters #MedievalAnimals #RareBooks
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A little bit of medieval manuscript for a treat: a leaf from The Ridware Cartulary (England, 1308–1309). Spot the lurking #critters !
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A little bit of medieval manuscript for a treat: a leaf from The Ridware Cartulary (England, 1308–1309). Spot the lurking #critters !
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A little bit of medieval manuscript for a treat: a leaf from The Ridware Cartulary (England, 1308–1309). Spot the lurking #critters !
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A little bit of medieval manuscript for a treat: a leaf from The Ridware Cartulary (England, 1308–1309). Spot the lurking #critters !
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A little bit of medieval manuscript for a treat: a leaf from The Ridware Cartulary (England, 1308–1309). Spot the lurking #critters !
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#Whales (ballenæ), claimed Isidore of Seville (c.560–636), are so-called from their practice of emitting water, for Greek ‘ballein’ denotes ‘emit’ (Etymologies, Book 12, 6:6–8). (📷: England, 1400s). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #MedievalAnimals #Ocean #Critters
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Doves, medieval bestiaries tell us, flock to peridexion #trees which offer sanctuary from the #dragons which seek to devour the #birds. Dragons despise doves, but fear the peridexion tree’s shadow (England, north?, c.1150–1170). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #Birding #MedievalAnimals #Legends
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The Dispute. (‘The Cloisters Apocalypse’; Normandy, c.1330) #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Dragon #Wyvern
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Teddy bear picnic? 😬 A scene from a copy of Gaston Phoebus’ (1331–1391) Livre de Chasse, the famed medieval hunting manual. #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Bears #Wilderness
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For #Caturday: What if #Hitchcock had been a medieval #Lion? (Netherlands, 1400s)
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TFW you’re forced to sell your ride, and the buyer lowballs you so bad that even your ride is offended (England, 14th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #LegalHistory #HistoryOfLaw #LawBooks #Law #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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TFW you’re forced to sell your ride, and the buyer lowballs you so bad that even your ride is offended (England, 14th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #LegalHistory #HistoryOfLaw #LawBooks #Law #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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TFW you’re forced to sell your ride, and the buyer lowballs you so bad that even your ride is offended (England, 14th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #LegalHistory #HistoryOfLaw #LawBooks #Law #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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TFW you’re forced to sell your ride, and the buyer lowballs you so bad that even your ride is offended (England, 14th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #LegalHistory #HistoryOfLaw #LawBooks #Law #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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TFW you’re forced to sell your ride, and the buyer lowballs you so bad that even your ride is offended (England, 14th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #LegalHistory #HistoryOfLaw #LawBooks #Law #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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Happy little bird in a 14th century manuscript. #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Birds #Birding #Avians #Nature
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Though I live in the busy heart of Toronto, this time of year I awake to birdsong each morning. Perhaps my tiny choristers resemble these critters. (Troyes, 1460–1470; now: one of the #MedievalManuscriptsInCanada at my alma mater, University of Victoria). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Birds #Birding
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“The young stag (hinnulus) is the offspring of #deer [and is] so called from ‘nodding’ (innuere), because they conceal themselves at a nod from their #mother”
— Isidore of Seville, Etymologies, XII.i.21 · 📷: England, 13th century, 2nd quarter
#MothersDay #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals
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Craning your neck to see what, precisely, the neighbours are doing over there (Saxony, 15th century). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals #Nosiness
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The bystander effect in action as a leopard pursues its lunch in the ‘Rochester Bestiary’—thus dubbed because it was formerly in the possession of the Benedictine monks of the cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester (England, southeast, Rochester(?), c.1230). #Caturday #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #MedievalAnimals #Bestiary #Critters
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Tess tried to play it cool, but her delight in her new #Easter hat was written all over her face. (England, Peterborough? or Lincoln?, early 1200s). #Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #MedievalAnimals #Critters #Mythology #Bestiary
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Peacock and friends from the Alphonso Psalter.
#Manuscripts #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript #MedievalAnimals #MedievalArt #Critters #Birds
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