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Embarrassing moments of medieval pet ownership - When your pet suddenly decides it doesn’t want to walk any further and you end up having to carry it back home - 2nd half of the 13th century, Rutland Psalter, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 76v
“How many times do I have to say it ??! When you get to the end of the loo roll, put a new one on the holder !!” - 12th century, La Mort, Marseille, Bibliothèque municipal Ms. 89, f. 063
Worthy of the weekend - An exceptional example from the world of ‘Elephants Done by Medieval Artists Who Had Never Seen One’ - 15th century, France, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-2888, f. 180
More from the medieval ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’, late 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, MS 229 (Lancelot Prose Cycle), f. 326r
Beautifully executed image from the Cologne Gospels - St. Matthew writing his gospel. Late 11th century, Cologne Germany. @britishlibrary Treasures Gallery
An image from 1349 showing the burials of victims of the Black Death in Tournai. Contemporary pictures like this one are rare.