Medieval Animals

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septembriseur:Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes.(x, x, x, x)

Sheep farming, from the Luttrell Psalter, c. 1320–40

bear clubGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 27v

wild catsGaston Phébus, Le Livre de la chasse, Bruges ca. 1485Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169, f

wild catsGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 36r

renaissance-art:Azzo di Masetto c. 14th century, Tournament Scenes

fox crested knight riding a cat(allegory of gluttony)Etymachia, Germany 1420London, Wellcome Library

Medieval Justice — The Case of the Rooster of BaselIn 1474 a rooster living in the city of Bas

long-eared batPsalter, England c. 1360-1400Bodleian Library, Exeter College MS 47, fol. 21v

badgersGaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th centuryBnF, Français 616, fol. 35v

6th century animal figurines* Gilded silver* Monza, cathedral museum (Theodolinde’s treasure)

Dogs at Masters Feet, Tombstones, Canterbury Cathedral, 2010.In the medieval era it was extremely co

seven deadly sinsVincent of Beauvais, Le Mirouer historial (French translation of Speculum historial

earlyscotland:Pictish symbols and Celtic interlace patterns on a sculptured stone at St Vigeans near

spindle funLes Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409BnF, Latin 919, fol. 10r

Battle of Dun Nechtain (May 20th 685) - A Pictish stone at Aberlemno Church yardRelief is thought to

Detail of Madaba Mosaic Map (6th century )Mouth of the River JordanSource: No machine-readable autho

seehagiasophia:Mosaic Fragment with a Pair of Goats, ca. 535/536, Jordan #Byzantine

cryptid-coyote:new art meme: redraw crappy medieval artwork of animals

Fun Fact: Medieval Chinese ships often had trained otters who would gather fish, shellfish, and moll

bonacon and bevir‘Helmingham bestiary’, England ca. 1500Yale Center for British Art, Fol

tramez - mysterious beast looking like a rabbit wearing a great helmThomas of Cantimpré, Liber de na

tongue twistingBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Se

Animals leave Noah’s Ark after the flood, from the Bedford Hours. The Bedford Hours was written in t

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