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@medievalists.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 3:01 PM

Lost Pages of Medieval Bestseller Rediscovered After Centuries www.medievalists.net/2026/09/lost... #medievalmanuscripts #medieval

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 2:00 AM

The blood of medieval turtledoves was said to help with eye ailments. This illustration of a mated pair is from an English bestiary (c1200-1210). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves

Two grey turtledoves are perched on a green leaved plant with yellow and white flowers touching their beaks together. The illustration has a dark gilt background and is in a black-bordered blue circle on a manuscript page. Image from British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX [Bestiary (First Family)], folio 53r.

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 2:00 AM

The medieval turtledove was considered a symbol of the holy church which remained faithful to Christ even after his death. This illustration is from "Ter Duinen Aviary" (1190-1200). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves

A concerned-looking white bird is walking towards the right in a lozenge set over the central part of a cross with red and blue text on each of its arms. There is red and blue text in a circle within the lozenge and black text on each four quarters of the page. Image from Grootseminarie Brugge, MS. 89/54 [Ter Duinen Aviary], folio 43v.

@majnouna.com Sep 15, 2026, 9:13 AM

Keeping these threaded so they're easier to find. In my second update, I start comparing the order of recipes, and spotting things that shouldn't be there. Bonus: a bit of lost text returns from oblivion!

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#medievalsky #medievalmanuscripts

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 2:00 AM

After the death of its only mate, the surviving medieval turtledove was said to never perch on anything green as in this image of three solitary turtledoves from the "Bestiaire" of Guillaume le Clerc (c1265-1270). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves

A central dead tree has a solitary greenish-blue turtledove perched on its top with two other turtledoves on the ground on either side, each facing away from the tree. Although there is green beneath the tree, the ground and the tree where the turtledoves rest are brown. The illustration is bordered by a green washed frame and there is text visible above the top edge. Image from Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14969 [Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc], folio 50r.

@latineast.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 10:08 AM

Happy #ManuscriptMonday! A striking image of the Turkish siege of Rhodes from Guillaume Caoursin's Gestorum Rhodie obsidionis commentarii.

📍 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6067, fol. 50v

#MedievalManuscripts #Crusades #MilitaryOrders #Hospitallers

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 2:00 AM

The medieval turtledove was said to be so faithful to its mate that its mate died it would never take another. This gorgeous illustration is from the Aberdeen Bestiary (c1200). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves

A pair of white doves sit at the top of a red-leaved stylised blue tree looking lovingly at each other. The illustration has a gilt background and is bordered by a red frame decorated with white lines on a manuscript page. Image from Aberdeen University Library, Univ. Lib. MS 24 [Aberdeen Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 31v.

@myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 1:53 PM

Book of Hours, Northern France c. 1445.

#illustration #medieval #1440s #medievalmanuscripts

@medievalists.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 8:17 PM

Want to have notebooks for each month of the year? Check out our journals showing the Très Riches Heures de Jean de Berry, a 15th-century manuscript. www.redbubble.com/people/medie... #MedievalManuscripts

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 2:00 AM

The medieval lynx buried the stone created by its urine under sand to hide it. The stone, known as "ligurian" or "lyncurius", was said to cure kidney disease. This pained-looking lynx is from a c1225-1250 English bestiary. #medievalbeasts #medievalmanuscripts #lynx

A seated blue dog-like beast with feathery-style dots all over its coat has one of its front paws raised and its head extended while grimacing as if in pain. A large egg-like stone labelled "ligurian" is resting on its back paws. It has stylised trees on either side and is shown against a red panel in a gilt background and appears to be seated and extending beyond the bottom section of a double-banded red and blue frame on a manuscript page. Image from Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764 [Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 11r.

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:00 AM

The medieval lynx was said to represent those who preach without authority while living a sinful life. This gloriously spotty lynx is from the Ashmole Bestiary (early 13th century). #medievalbeasts #medievalmanuscripts #lynx

A very spotty vaguely dog-like creature is curled up towards the front of this lozenge on a red rug looking backwards to a white goat lying at the other end of the rug. The front beast is coloured very well in various shades of blue with white outlined circles and red dots covering its whole coat. It has sharply pointed small ears and is lying on its long thin tail. The image is in a blue-bordered red circular lozenge set within a square golden frame. The outer frame and the lozenge interior have bright gilt backgrounds. Image from Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511 [The Ashmole Bestiary], folio 15r.

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 2:00 AM

The medieval lynx's urine was said to have urine which hardened into a gemstone like a flame-coloured carbuncle. The illustrator of this image shows the gemstone in a different colour and forgets the lynx's spots. #medievalbeasts #medievalmanuscripts #lynx

A blue dog-like animal facing towards the left is standing still emitting a stream of urine which becomes a blue gemstone as it hits the ground. It has small rounded ears and an upraised head with an open mouth. It seems to be standing on a line of text. Image from Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 6838B [Bestiary (Second Family], folio 4r.

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 2:00 AM

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

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.

@flusteredduck.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 2:00 AM

Our final pegasus is from a 13th century "Libera de natura rerum". Its horns seem more like quills. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #pegasus