Just a few more images from other Ethiopian manuscripts of the story (thank you for the links, Wendy Laura Belcher!).

Here's a terrifying rendering from British Library, MS Oriental 645, f. 119r.

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For our last week, my Global Medieval Lit class is reading the 15th-century Ethiopian story of the Virgin Mary, The Cannibal of Qəmər, in which a rich cannibal eats 78 people but does one (1) good deed, so the Virgin Mary persuades Jesus to let him into heaven.

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1542 Cambrai, Bibl. mun., ms. 0125, B f. 092 -- look at these amazing marginalia and initials! The artist had a lot of fun with these... Yes, I know it's really Renaissance, but I still like it lots.
https://t.co/qZgueUVSDw

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Découvrons l'étonnant manuscrit "Tractatus de Herbis" (1440). Il s'agit d'un traité illustré de plantes médicinales.

Sa particularité ? Représenter les plantes en plusieurs langues pour éviter les confusions et faciliter ainsi les pratiques de guérison.

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Gozzio z Orvieta?: Ius regale montanorum in Czech translation, 1528 (National Library CZ XVII D 43) with an image of a miner.
Iur regale montanorum was the miner code issued by the Czech King Wenceslas II. (died 1305) around 1300.

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Émile-Antoine-François Herson, Interior of St. Etienne du Mont (1864), watercolor, Walters Art Museum. Fabulous staircases!
https://t.co/7PtqD40x3N

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After war
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L’univers de la séduction n’a pas de secret pour eux, toujours par 2, enlacés ou se tenant la main, derrière des ou dans un décor bucolique, les de nos portent en eux une part d'espièglerie
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Quelques mots sur Thibaut roi de Navarre, dit le Chansonnier : il a laissé plus de soixante pièces de poésies et chansons, principalement dédiées à l'amour courtois ou fin'amor.

Prince éduqué, il aimait écrire et rapporta la Rose de Damas des croisades.

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10/10 hellmouth, complete with knackered demon babysitter and damned souls just psyched to be here.

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Here are some more hilarious pieces by Simon De Thuillières, Make sure to credit him for his work and if you can support him, check out his shop: https://t.co/h1a14EG5z1 2/4

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When a dragon puts the moves on you in the club: a story in two acts.

(Morgan Library, MS M459, f. 005r)

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Enchanted by images of Jerusalem (Holy Sepulchre, etc.) by Konrad von Grünenberg, Description of the journey from Constance to Jerusalem (1487).
https://t.co/SMwDrjZHd5

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Missed our 2018 panel with on French & Boutet de Monvel’s "Jeanne d’Arc"?
Hear Nora Heimann (), (), Elizabeth Emery (), & more: https://t.co/Df4JtmO3VX.

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