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Trojan Horse

Raoul Lefèvre, Recoeil des histoires de Troyes, Bruges or Ghent ca. 1495

BnF, Français 22552, fol. 277v

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267 notes

wild donkeys

bestiary, France ca. 1230-1260

Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 101, fol. 191v

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147 notes

the baffled king
(David composing the Psalms)

Paris Psalter, Byzantium ca. 940-960

BnF, Grec 139, fol. 1v

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153 notes

plague of frogs

Pamplona Bible, Navarre 1197

Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 108, fol. 42v

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546 notes

magpie and owl

Psalter, Canterbury ca. 1210-1220

Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1525, fol. 80r

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261 notes

amen

book of hours, Bruges ca. 1500

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.427, fol. 25v

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1,036 notes

a

Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500

BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 52r

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196 notes

enchanted island

Guillaume de Machaut, Dit du Lion, Paris 1350-1355

BnF, Français 1586, fol. 103r

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1,807 notes

and the third part of the sea became blood
(Revelation 8:8)

Apocalypse, Normandy ca. 1320-1330

BL, Additional 17333, fol. 30r

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241 notes

black stork, white stork

Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French translation), France ca. 1310

BnF, Français 12400, fol. 13r

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299 notes

Melusine making music

book of hours, France 15th century

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 662, fol. 21r

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336 notes

Narcissus

Roman de la Rose, France ca. 1340

BL, Royal 20 A XVII, fol. 14v

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219 notes

army of darkness

Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313

BnF, Français 13096, fol. 28r

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522 notes

wolf

Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la Chasse, Brittany ca. 1430-1440

LA, Getty, Ms. 27, fol. 23v

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309 notes

hellmouth

Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313

BnF, Français 13096, fol. 86r

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606 notes

fishman

book of hours, Savoie 15th century

Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 79v

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129 notes

arched back

‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506

BL, Add 18852, fol. 62v

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275 notes

the fourth horseman

Apocalypse, Normandy ca. 1320-1330

BL, Additional 17333, fol. 7r

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353 notes

wolves

Gaston Phoebus, Le Livre de la chasse, Paris ca. 1407

NY, Morgan, MS M. 1044, fol. 22v

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454 notes

initial ‘H’

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, Cîteaux 12th century

Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 173, fol. 66r

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247 notes

cranes

Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French translation), France ca. 1310

BnF, Français 12400, fol. 11r

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323 notes

water birds

Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French translation), France ca. 1310

BnF, Français 12400, fol. 6r

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626 notes

Merlin and the two dragons

Robert de Boron, l'Istoire de Merlin, Bourges ca. 1480-1485

BnF, Français 91, fol. 20v

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545 notes

death of King Arthur

Giovanni Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium (French translation), Bruges ca. 1479-1480

BL, Royal 14 E V, fol. 439v

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274 notes

horse vs. bear

De nobilitatibus sapientiis et pudentiis regum, England 1326-1327

Oxford, Christ Church, MS 92, fol. 64r

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287 notes

staring into hell

Anglo-Saxon miscellany (legend of Mambres and Jannes), Canterbury ca. 1050

BL, Cotton Tiberius B V/1, fol. 87v

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472 notes

seraph

Hrabanus Maurus, De laudibus Sanctae Crucis, Germany ca. 1170

British Library, Harley 3045, fol. 9v

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533 notes

lion face

book of hours, Savoie 15th century

Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 27r

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477 notes

elephant and dragon

Liber de natura bestiarum, England after 1236

British Library, Harley 3244, fol. 39v

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319 notes

Venus in her chariot

Roman de la Rose, Netherlands ca. 1490-1500

BL, Harley 4425, fol. 138v

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423 notes

scenes in hell

Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313

BnF, Français 13096, fol. 86v

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Sun and Moon

Vincent of Beauvais, Le Mirouer historial (French translation of Speculum historiale), Paris 1463

BnF, Français 50, fol. 19r

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broken idols

Speculum humanae salvationis, Germany ca. 1360

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Hs 2505, fol. 22v

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253 notes

fallen angels

Vincent of Beauvais, Le Mirouer historial (French translation of Speculum historiale), Paris 1463

BnF, Français 50, fol. 14r

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552 notes

duelling monkeys

psalter and hours, Ghent ca. 1315-1325

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.82, fol. 205v

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288 notes

sign of Leo

Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania 14th century

BnF, Français 857, fol. 35v

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205 notes

sign of Pisces

Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania ca. 1300-1350

BL, Harley 4940, fol. 30v

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293 notes

souls leaving the bodies

Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470

Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 47v

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792 notes

Pegasus constellation

Sufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābita’ of ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Ṣūfī), Bologna 1250-1275

BnF, Arsenal 1036, fol. 16r

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635 notes

no.

Hours of Charles VIII, France 1475-1500

BnF, Latin 1370, fol. 172r

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263 notes

monkey archer

Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390

Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 145v

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the seven days of creation

Stammheim Missal, Hildesheim ca. 1170

LA, Getty Museum, Ms. 64, fol. 10v

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233 notes

eagle-owl

book of hours, Savoie 15th century

Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 17v

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340 notes

wrestlers

Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340

British Library, Add 42130, fol. 54v

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168 notes

initial ‘P’

Bible, Champagne ca. 1170-1180

BnF, Latin 16746, fol. 112v

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165 notes

bear fight

Gaston Phoebus, Le Livre de la chasse, Paris ca. 1407

NY, Morgan, MS M. 1044, fol. 18v

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190 notes

so Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord
(Job 1:12, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ διάβολος παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου)

Job with the catena of Olympiodorus, Byzantium 12th-13th century

Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 201, fol. 15v

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426 notes

rider on a pale horse

Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313

BnF, Français 13096, fol. 16v

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329 notes

squirrel

‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century

British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 47v

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146 notes

sign of Leo

Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (French translation), Ahun 1480

BnF, Français 9140, fol. 166v

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457 notes

botanical garden

Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia, Tuscany ca. 1335

BL, Royal 6 E IX, fol. 15v

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776 notes

the Zodiac and the planets

Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (French translation), Ahun 1480

BnF, Français 9140, fol. 169r

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803 notes

lion crested helmet

Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (French translation), Ahun 1480

BnF, Français 9140, fol. 1r

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233 notes

perfect teeth

book of hours, Savoie 15th century

Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 97r

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343 notes

fallen angels

Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, Bruges ca. 1455

BnF, Français 308, fol. 13r

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divine inspiration

Apocalypse, Flanders 15th century

BnF, Néerlandais 3, fol. 4r

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634 notes

falling demons

Apocalypse, Belgium ca. 1313

BnF, Français 13096, fol. 36r

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326 notes

wolf mom

Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century

BnF, Français 616, fol. 31v

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394 notes

armored angels

Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia, Tuscany ca. 1335

BL, Royal 6 E IX, fol. 6v

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705 notes

buttfaced bunny

Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340

British Library, Add 42130, fol. 274r

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418 notes

the fool

Psalter of Jean de Berry, Bourges or Paris ca. 1396

BnF, Français 13091, fol. 106r

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230 notes

fat squirrel

Jean Mansel, ‘La Fleur des histoires ou les hystores rommaines abregies…’, France 1454

Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 5088 réserve, fol. 175v

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530 notes

white-toothed fox

book of hours, Savoie 15th century

Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 37v

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181 notes

hedgehog on the edge

‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363

BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 51v

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311 notes

white cat, black mouse

‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century

British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 75v

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414 notes

lion musician

book of hours, Netherlands 15th century

British Library, Harley 2433, fol. 81r

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328 notes

pothead

‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363

BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 69v

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186 notes

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egg-horse

L'estoire de Merlin, France ca. 1316

BL, Add 10292, fol. 213r

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monkey knight

Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409

BnF, Latin 919, fol. 117r

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244 notes

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162 notes

where is your Darwin now?

Lancelot du Lac, Arras 1300-1325

British Library, Royal 20 D IV, fol. 260r

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282 notes

initial ‘P’

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, Cîteaux 12th century

Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 173, fol. 7r

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391 notes

Yoda or Nosferatu?

Sankt Florian Psalter, Poland 14th/15th century

Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa, Rps 8002 III, fol. 28v

via Polona

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859 notes

hornblower rabbit

Bible, France 13th century

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Ms. Codex 724, fol. 280v

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315 notes

Zodiac Man

medical miscellany (‘Wellcome Apocalypse’), Germany 1420

London, Wellcome Library, MS.49, fol. 43v

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419 notes

mermaid

‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363

BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 52v

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909 notes

harrowing of hell

Lancelot du Lac, Ahun ca. 1470

BnF, Français 113, fol. 117r

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647 notes

deer costume

book of hours, Flanders 14th century

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, W.88, f. 115v

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punishment of the envious

Compost et calendrier des bergers, [Paris: Guy Marchant, 1493]

Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, SA 3390, fol. 34r

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2,216 notes

lion’s den

Chants royaux sur la Conception, France ca. 1528

BnF, Français 1537, fol. 65r

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Beast of the Apocalypse

La Somme le Roy, France ca. 1290-1300

British Library, Add. 28162, fol. 3v

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377 notes

detachable head

‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363

BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 93v

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833 notes

a woman jousting with a friar

Le livre de Lancelot du Lac and other Arthurian Romances, Northern France ca. 1275-1300

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 229, fol. 100v

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453 notes

friar fox

‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363

BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 30r

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500 notes

fool riding a goat

Psalter and hours (‘Prayerbook of Alphonso V of Aragon’), Valencia ca. 1436-1443

BL, Additional 28962, fol. 136v

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568 notes

archaeopteryx devil

prayerbook, Nuremberg ca. 1500-1520

Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg, Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek, Cod.I.3.8.1, fol. 150v

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348 notes

Whore of Babylon

Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Silos Apocalypse’), Santo Domingo de Silos 1091-1109

British Library, Add. 11695, fol. 183v