Medieval monsters

You’ve seen SCA scrolls with miniatures, but you’ve never seen anything like THESE before! In the interest of keeping this a family-friendly site, we’re only using images that qua…

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When you're socially awkward, those demons are real.

In their new picture book published by the British Library, Medieval Monsters, medieval historian Damien Kempf and art historian Maria L. Gilbert explore the fantastic, grotesque and exuberant world of monsters in the Middle Ages through the images found in illuminated manuscripts, from dragons and demons to Yoda and hybrid...

[f. 168r] The Luttrell Psalter is a book that was commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell in the 14th century. It is best known for its outstanding marginalia, which combines religious events and iconography with scenes of everyday life in medieval times. Apparently they had squirrels as pets back then, which is a bit awesome. [f. 33r] [f. 201r] [f. 164v] There is only one copy of this text in existence, however the British Library recently digitised the manuscript, and you can check it out…

10 posts published by Michel Koven during December 2012

A creature said to have lived in the Middle East and Northern Africa allegedly had the ability to mimic any animal and even humans.

Staring at the screen at 4 am and seeing only the futility of existence