Our medieval beast this week is the lynx which was described as resembling a wolf but with panther-like spots on its bike. This particular lynx is from a late 13th century English bestiary. #medievalbeasts #medievalmanuscripts #lynx
@flusteredduck.bsky.social![A happy-looking dog like beast running in a frame on a manuscript page. It faces to the right with its very long straight tail hanging out of the frame on the bottom left. The tail ends in a wavy trident. The beast is the same colour as the page with three rows of neat red dots on its back, the middle row running down its tail. It has what looks like a short curly mane over its head, shoulders and chests. It has short rounded ears and seems to have whiskers. It is shown with an open mouth with a very red tongue and seems to be smiling. It is shown in front of a stylised uncoloured tree on a deep blue background with red and white decorations. The image is surrounded by a red frame with gilt corners with handwritten text at the top, bottom and to the right. The long tail extends into an empty margin on the right. Image from Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 3630 [Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 76v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreid5oikin7o7ecezmd4xycs5gwedsdmwfm7xgerl5zh4cnkdzsevia@jpeg)