Sproingggggg! A bunny hops in the bottom margin of f. 311r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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A little bird sings its heart out in the bottom margin of f. 323v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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We are a little late for #SuberbOwl, but hopefully this is a case of better late than never. Our owl is hanging out in the bottom margin of f. 316r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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What's up, Doc? Channeling his best Bugs, a bunny bashes the cymbals in the top margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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What! may it be that even in heavenly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
-William Shakespeare
A dog fires a bow and arrow at a chicken in the bottom margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
A blue dog plays a drum in the bottom margin of f. 313r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.
- Mary Oliver, "Wild Geese"
A goose heads home in the bottom margin of f. 312v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
A lonely owl sings in the bottom margin of f. 312r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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Woof? A strangely wyrm-like doggy waits patiently in the top margin of f. 311v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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Heart eyes! A loving bird flaps its wings in the bottom margin of f. 311v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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Sproingggggg! A bunny hops in the bottom margin of f. 311r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
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Photo of a page from a manuscript, written in two columns, with one large illuminated initial and decorations in the margins.
Cropped image of the bottom margin of a manuscript, showing a pink dog standing on its hind legs and holding a bow and arrow, shooting at a grotesque that might be an owl.
Look out behind you! A dog shoots an arrow at another drollery (an owl?) in the bottom margin of f. 310r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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"The loveliest of all was the Unicorn." - Shel Silverstein
A blue unicorn charges in the bottom margin of f. 309v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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Close-up photo of a rabbit playing a horn in the margin of a medieval manuscript
Photo of a manuscript page, with illuminated initials and decorations in the margins. Marginal decoration includes a small rabbit playing a horn in the bottom margin.
Channeling its inner Boromir, a rabbit toots a horn in the bottom margin of f. 308v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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Manuscript marginalia featuring a pink dog, with a sad-looking expression, seated on marginal decoration at the top of a page
Photo of a manuscript page in two columns written in dark brown ink, a large historiated illuminated initial, and the pink dog at the very top of the page
Woof, woof! A sad-looking pink doggy sits in the top margin of f. 307v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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A long time ago, when the earth was green
and there was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
... the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.
-Shel Silverstein
A unicorn leaps in the margin of f. 305v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary , two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
-Ogden Nash
A camel - dromedary? - hangs out in the bottom margin of f. 303r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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A mysterious fellow lurks in the bottom margin of f. 294r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible. Someone scrubbed them out; we took a photo under UV light to illuminate their identity, but it didn't help much. Who do you think they are? #DrolleryDonnerstag
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A white cat LEAPS in the top margin of f. 300r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag
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They call him... Ramsey Piper? Whatever you call him, a ram plays the bagpipes in the bottom margin of f. 280v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... a donkey with wings?????? Yes! And it's floating in the breeze, in the bottom margin of f. 272v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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Wee, tiny, small!! (or smol, as you prefer) Not sure what this is, but it has two legs and long ears and a big smile! it's lurking in the bottom margin of f. 267r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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It may be the 100th little blue bird in this manuscript, but it still sings sweetly! This little guy is in the bottom margin of f. 259r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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An eel with ears??? This green cutie is in the bottom margin of f. 258r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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People in the past weren't shy about messing with their books! Whatever this drollery was, someone defaced it a long time ago. It's in the bottom margin of f. 256r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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Even illustrated rabbits appreciate a good leaf! This bunny sniffs at the hedge in the top margin of f. 255v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo-yippie-yay! This little doggy is barking its heart out in the bottom margin of f. 255r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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The artist who painted the drolleries in this manuscript LOVED little blue birds! This example is singing its heart out in the top margin of f. 254v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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The book of Nahum recounts the fall of Nineveh. We're not sure what relevance this encowled grotesque might have to that topic, but we like how it seems to be interacting with that "n". In the top margin of f. 253v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible #drollerydonnerstag
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It's an armadillo! It's a snail! It's in the bottom margin of f. 252v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible! #drollerydonnerstag
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