A manuscript page with two large stacked scenes with lines of Latin text above and below them. The upper scene depicts a seated man raising his hand while another man kneels in front of him; the lower one shows a boy riding a camel, accompanies by three more camels.
Have a good #IndexHumpDay (Eliezer taking oath, Bible, Amiens, Bib. Mun. MS 108, fol. 13v).
A mosaic of a man in a patterned robe and pointed hat leading a camel by a rein, all within a landscape with trees.
Have a good #IndexHumpDay
(Mosaic pavement, Church of the Martyrs, Mādabā, Jordan, 550–620).
An ivory plaque careved with human, animal, and mythological figures, including centaurs, sirens, satyrs, an elephant, and a camel.
Have a good #IndexHumpDay
(9th century carving on the back of a sixth-century consular diptych, Musée du Louvre, Paris)
A detail of a manuscript page with a red rectangle containing a line drawing of a camel walking to the right on a green background. Writing can be seen around the border of the image, and some of the illustration on the next page is visible through a small hole near the camel's forward leg.
Have a good #IndexHumpDay! (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 88, fol. 16r.
An embroidered textile with images of men riding horses, some of them pointing to an inscription, and upper and lower borders containing a variet of animals, including birds and camels.
A classic for this #IndexHumpDay
(Detail from the Bayeux Embroidery, Normandy, 1066–1083)
A manuscript page with a framed image of a man with a bow, looking backward as he rides on a camel galloping to the right. There is Latin text above and below the frame.
It is #IndexHumpDay all right
A detail of a manuscript page depicting a nude man riding a camel, against a gold ground. Latin text is found at the left and upper margin of the image.
Keep on going, it's #IndexHumpDay!
(Camel, manuscript detail, Ashmole Bestiary, Oxford, Bodleian Lib., MS Ashmole1511, fol. 31v.)
Set in an outdoor space, a trapezoidal architectural block carved with a figure of a camel followed by a male figure holding its tail in one hand and a whip in the other.
This #IndexHumpDay, we thank Erik Gustafson for sharing this amazing medieval camel!
A line drawing of a camel, shown in profile against a green frame. There are lines of Latin text above and below it.
Stepping forward with determination on this #IndexHumpDay
(Northumberland Bestiary, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. 100, folio 30r).
A detail of a manuscript page depicting a camel facing to the right, against a field of nested gold, blue, and red rectangles.
Lots of luck on this #IndexHumpDay
(London, British Library, Harley 4751, folio 24r)
Detail of a manuscript page with two simply framed images of a camel and a dromedary leaping against a red ground. The camel has its mouth open.
Someone is quite surprised to learn that it's #IndexHumpDay already!
L’Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais (Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, MS H. 437), folio 105r, 14th century.
It's #IndexHumpDay again! Stay safe from griffins if you can
(Rutland Psalter, London, British Library, Additional MS 62925, folio 14v, c1260)
A turquoise-colored ceramic figurine of a camel carrying a house-shaped structure on its back.
Have a good #IndexHumpDay!
(Figurine in the Form of a Camel Carrying a Palanquin and Two Riders, 12th–early 13th c, probably Iran or Iraq; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1964, no. 64.59).
A painting of a camel against a rose-colored ground with stars.
Bactrian camel, MS. 61, folio 27r, 13th century.
Saint John’s College Library, Saint John’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
#IndexHumpDay
A round ceramic plate with a saddled camel in the center, surrounded by a band of camels and palm trees framed by bands of abstract ornament.
Another #IndexHumpDay. Let's do our best to make it a good one.
(Bowl with camel caravan, late 12th-early 13th century [Seljuq?], 48.1054. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
A manuscript page with a large block of red and black text, including red and blue initials and an ornate gold letter H on a green groud. Surrounding the text is a landscape with trees and hills in which a group of male figures beside a well present a captive to a turbaned man while another waits with pack camels.
It's #IndexHumpDay!
(Joseph, Sold to Ishmaelites, Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Ms. Ludwig IX 19, fol. 94, 1525 – 1530, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California)
A manuscript detail showing a smiling camel facing to the right, in front of an ornamental red and gold band.
Stay the course like this camel on #IndexHumpDay
A round piece of red, yellow, and brown woven fabric with concentric circles containing human figures, including two riding a camel.
Do your best to make it through this #IndexHumpDay!
(Tapestry fragment, Coptic, 500 – 799.
HeadquARTers, Antwerp, Belgium).
Welp, it's #IndexHumpDay
A clay figurine of a camel with a pack.
Happy #IndexHumpDay!
Bactrian camel, earthenware with traces of pigment, Tang dynasty, 7th – 8th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
A stone relief with a carving of a camel ridden by figure on an elaborate saddle.
Happy #IndexHumpDay
(Votive relief [?], Psyche, goddess of the soul on a camel, 3rd, or 2nd century BC.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Happy #IndexHumpDay
A manuscript painting in which a camel, an ox, and two birds kneel in front of a group of kneeling figures, all in a landscape with a city in the distance.
Happy #IndexHumpDay to our friends on Bluesky! (Ferial Psalter, M.934, fol. 35r, detail, 1495-1498. Morgan Library & Museum, New York, New York, United States).
Three richly dressed men bringing golden objects to a seated woman holding a baby, in front of a building in which are a donkey and an ox. In the backgroun is a group of men with camels and a city in the far distance
We're still new to Bluesky, so we're a day late with our #IndexHumpDay wishes. Hope it was great all the same! (Book of Hours, Garrett 57, fol. 62v, 1495 – 1505.
Princeton University Library)
