Illustration of Two brown hares sat amongst small wild flowers

Nature blooms for spring 🐰🌷 Medieval hares & wild flowers

A6 card adapted from: Cocharelli Codex, c. 1330-40, Genoa, Italy, British Library, Add MS 28841, f. 6v.

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#medieval #history #marginalia #illuminatedmanuscript #rabbit #hare #easter #skystorians

Title page of the 御製繙譯書經.

A page with marginalia in the head margins and added punctuation in red

Dating of the preface (1760)

Since #marginalia seem popular on here: Came across this Manchu-Chinese #Shujing #書經, dating to ~1760, with some beautiful Chinese glosses in the head margins. A previous owner seemingly also added his own punctuation in red over the original punctuation in black. #ChinaBooks

Today's #marginalmusicians are three strange hybrid creatures playing the #psaltery.
From a French #bookofhours, c1415.
Heures dites de Joseph Bonaparte
#BNF

#earlymusic #marginaliamonday #manuscriptmonday #psaltery #fiifteenthcentury #illuminatedmanuscript #marginalia

That's the clue. It's a chameleon.
It's changing color to match the background (disappearing).
🧐
With some of the double meanings and imagery I've seen in #marginalia, it makes sense to me.
And thanks for posting. 📖
#bibliophile

Drawing of hedgehog with pile of oranges and a small tree, on white card

Medieval hedgehog with snacks 🦔🍊
A6 card - design adapted from Nicholas of Lira, Zentral-und Hochschulbibliothe Luzem, Switzerland - Msc. 42 fol. 108v. Engelberg (?), 1458

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#hedgehog #medieval #skystorians #marginalia #history #illuminatedmanuscripts #cute #derp

Medieval style drawinh of nine hedghogs in various poses such as turning around, looking at fruit on the ground or rolling upside down to stick fruit kn their quills, with some green bushes and a thin green border

Medieval hedgehogs had a funny bit of folklore mystery surrounding them.

Many tales told of cheeky spikey creatures sneaking around at night not just stealing fruit, but sticking it to their quills to take home! 🦔

#hedgehog #folklore #history #medieval #skystorians #marginalia #bestiary

Medieval style drawing of knight holding whipped batton while riding on a brown rooster

Off to battle! ⚔️🐓 Medieval knight riding a rooster

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adapted from Le Livre de Lancelot du Lac & other Arthurian Romances, France c. 1275-1300 (Beinecke MS 229, fol. 282v)

#medieval #knight #history #KCDII #marginalia #skystorians

Medieval drawing style Brown owl sits on running rabbit on white card

Cheeky owl rides a bounding rabbit 🦉🐇

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adapted from authentic medieval illuminated manuscript: the Ormesby Psalter, England c. 1310, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366, fol. 147v.

#medieval #history #rabbit #kingdomcomedeliverance2 #skystorians #marginalia

Drawing of rabbit holding abacus with blue crow

Rabbit teaches the abacus to a crow 🐰🧮🐦‍⬛

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adapted from Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, France c 1294-1297, Boulounge-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque mumicipale, ms. 1301, fol. 344r.

#medieval #history #rabbit #medievalhistory #marginalia #illuminatedmanuscript

Grey horse on a red saddled nude human male, on white card, in medieval drawing style

Saddle up for Medieval nonsense! 🐴

Medieval horse on a saddled human, adapted from Morgan Library & Museum Ms M. 358 - Book of Hours, France. c.1440-1450

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#equestrian #medieval #horse #history #marginalia #bookofhours #equine #skystorians #archives #manuscript

Red Seven headed dragon with crescent moon and stars

Seven-headed crowned monster of the apocalypse with moon and stars 👑🌙✨

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A6 Card features design adapted from Apocalypse, Salisbury, c.1250

#dragon #apocalypse #medieval #history #beast #bestiary #marginalia #skystorians #monster

Closeup of a medieval illustration of a lion licking her cub. The lion looks zonked out of her gourd

What's your favourite #marginalia / #medieval illustration? Everyone has one, right? At least one.

My current fave is this lion
(NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 8r)

Marginalis inspired familiars/regimental mascots

#warhammer #kitbashing #miniaturepainting #bretonnia #blanchitsu #marginalia #historicals

Mediega rabbit standing and pulling ropes of a church tower bell

Ding dong! 🔔🐰💒

Card features designs adapted from authentic medieval illuminated manuscript showing rabbits and church bells. From Walters Ms. W. 102, Book of Hours, 13th century (Walters Art Museum).

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#medieval #rabbit #marginalia #history #medievalart

Row of three animals ok white cat, all in medieval style standing on hind quarters. From left is a horse with a drum and flute, a dog with cat shaped pipes and a cat with a drum

March of musical medieval animals 🎶🐴🐶🐱

Card features designs adapted from several illuminated manuscript drawings in Walters Ms. W. 102, Book of Hours, 13the century (Walters Art Museum).

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#medieval #medievalhistory #skystorians #history #marginalia #medievalart

I’ve started something called #Marginalia.

It’s a small #bookbindery project rooted in preservation, slow thought, and the strange little stories hiding in the margins of books.

There will be auctions, book dust, repair work, and probably some unhinged #lore along the way.

Let’s hop to it…🐇

Two snails, a rabbit, a monster body woth arm for a bead, a knight and a warrior in medieval style

Beware the snail attack!
Medieval battles with rabbits, monsters and knights - all adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts.

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#medievalcombat #medieval #kcdii #history #marginalia #medievalart #illuminatedmanuscript #beastiary #bestiary

Medieval style drawing of monsters and animals and a knight riding a chicken with floating flowers and a thin red border

Medieval mayhem!
A battle composition adapted from authentic medieval manuscripts shpwing monsters, battle rabbits and animals.
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A4 print on premium hammered ivory card.
#medievalart #skystorians #marginalia #medieval #bestiary #beastiary #history #kcdii

Griffin woman with birds and rabbit and monsters with floating flowers and thin border line

Print design adapted from Medieval illuminated manuscripts of fantastical beasts.

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Seated green skeleton playing lute with floral spray at corners if linear border

A4 print design adapted from marginalia of a skeleton playing the lute, Pierre Michault, Doctrinal du temps présent et Danse aux aveugles, 1475-80. BNF Français 1654.
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#history #marginalia #skeleton #medieval #skystorians #osteology #archaeology

Shrinky dinks based off medieval marginalia of a naked woman riding a dragon peen. Top one is green and the bottom one is purple.

Two more dragon peen warriors. One pink and one blue. Plus a big ol’ cupcake that says “CUNTMUFFIN”.

The inspiration for the dragon peen warriors!!

I did a bit of a jump from beloved Sesame Street characters to these beauties. I didn’t think the pink “dragon” through, guys (gn). 🤦‍♀️🤣 #imadethis #shrinkydinks #marginalia

Two bookmarks with red tassles and medieval cats

Pair of Medieval Cat Bookmarks with red tassle 😻

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#cats #medieval #history #medievalhistory #skystorians #marginalia

Two medieva style mermaids with their arms raised with lines of blue dots

Medieval mermaids 🧜‍♀️
A6 card adapted from decorative illuminated manuscript (Harley MS 4972 f. 20r, 1275-1325.)

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#mermaid #medieval #selkie #siren #history #skystorians #archives #marginalia #illuminatedmanuscripts

Two nude figures holding banner poles riding giant blue snails with yellow stars behind

Medieval jousters riding giant snails 🐌⚔️⚜️
A6 Card features design adapted from Lectura super Institutionibus, France, 1480 – 1481
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#medieval #snails #history #jousting #reenactment #skystorians #reenactor #livinghistory #marginalia

Pair of medieval style witches on broomsticks with yellow stars scattered behind

✨Flying high in the starry sky ✨
design adapted from margins of “des vaudoises” in Le champion des dames, 1451.

This is often considered one of the earliest depiction of witches on broomsticks.

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#witch #history #marginalia #skystorians #medieval

Three dogs attack a crenulated tower with weapongs and a ladder while two rabbits defend with shields and aim throwing rocks. One additional dog sits in a tent with blue lines while wearing a crown.

Card features designs adapted from medieval illuminated manuscripts showing rabbits and dogs at war - Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, Metz c. 1302-1305

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#medieval #kingdomcomedeliverance #kcdii #history #skystorians #medievalart #marginalia #rabbit #dog

Some unamused hybrid faces from Medieval Marginalia 🙁 #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #bestiary #hybrid #medievalmanuscript

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Assorted initials by the Master of Moralia (Citeaux, 12th century) 🅱️ showing beasts, monsters and humans, source in alt text #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #medievalmanuscript #marginalia #initials #caligraphy #lettering #bestiary #dragon #mythology

The perfect hybrid, the perfect mythological being, #Mermaids💙 #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #mermaid #bestiary #medievalmanuscript #marginalia #medievalmonster