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Initial ‘R’. Hours of Charles of Angoulême, France ca. 1475-1500. BnF, Latin 1173, fol. 3r.
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Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land? Book of Hours, Italy, ca. 1480. British Library, Yates Thompson 7, fol. 174.
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Frutti di mare. Northumberland Bestiary, London ca. 1250-1260. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, fol. 48v.
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Dinner in #hell. Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur, France ca. 1450-1470. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 85v.
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Monkey riding a goat with a hunting owl. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 38r.
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Mushroom initial. breviary, France 15th century. Draguignan, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 2, fol. 190r.
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The Three Dead. ‘De Lisle Psalter’, England ca. 1310. BL, Arundel 83, fol. 127r.
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Bear rider. Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409. BnF, Latin 919, fol. 75r.
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Infernal brawl. #Apocalypse, France 1220-1270. Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse, Ms 815, fol. 60v.
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Goat-headed rooster. 'Hours of Joanna the Mad', Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 94v.
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Dit des trois morts. ‘The Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Toulouse ca. 1300, illuminations added in London ca. 1340. British Library, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 259r.
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Owl. Breviary of Mary of Savoy, Lombardy ca. 1430. Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 4, fol. 447r.
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#Medieval censorship. ‘Mettener Regel’, Germany 1414. München, BSB Clm 8201d, fol. 24r.
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Initial C. Psalter, Canterbury ca. 1210-1220. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1525, fol. 110r.
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The lamb. bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 21r.
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bBadgers, badgers, badgers. Gaston Phoebus, Livre de la chasse, Avignon ca. 1375-1400. BnF, Français 619, fol. 23v.
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Rabbits with cell phones? Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 107v.
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Little Bear. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Samarkand ca. 1430-1440. BnF, Arabe 5036, fol. 23r.
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Squirrel on gold. Brunetto Latini, Li Livres dou Trésor, Rouen ca. 1450-1480. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 160, fol. 82r.
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Love wins. Christine de Pisan, ‘L'Epistre Othea la deesse…’, Paris ca. 1406. BnF, Français 606, fol. 6r.
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