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temptation of Christ‘Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk’, Austria c. 1340Schaffhausen, Stad

rebuilding timeFrench translation of Flavius Josephus’ “Antiquities of the Jews”,

the cathedral“Hours of Étienne Chevalier”, Tours c. 1452-1460NY, The Metropolitan Museum

black holeHours of Louis de Laval, France c. 1480BnF, Latin 920, fol. 2v

false prophets (Revelation 16:13)‘Queen Mary Apocalypse’, England c. 1300-1325BL, Royal

massacred innocentsprayer book, Upper Swabia 1476Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.b

rabbit hoodGorleston Psalter, England c. 1310-1324BL, Add 49622, fol. 202v

the resurrection of the deadbook of hours, Bruges c. 1430-1445Walters Art Museum, W.239, fol. 85v

Eve and the SerpentGiovanni Boccaccio, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, Paris c. 1413-1415LA, Th

chop chop chop – animated by Obarski / @nicesausagesPierre de Hangest, Les Omelies Saint Grégoire pa

medieval facepalm(drunken Noah, Ham, Shem and Japheth, Genesis 9:20-24)Biblia Pauperum, Netherlands

Origen emasculating himselfRoman de la Rose, France 15th centuryBodleian Library, MS. Douce 195, fol

bears eating childrendon’t mock bald prophets, kids2 Kings 2:23-24 ‘And he [Elisha] went

here Jesus, have this rocks(Matthew 4:3-4)breviary, Rouen before 1498Besançon, bibliothèque municip

medieval facepalm(Noah, Ham, Shem and Japheth, Genesis 9:20-24)Biblia Pauperum, Netherlands ca. 1395

bears eating children2 Kings 2:23-24 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up

Temptation of Christ ‘Bible historiée toute figurée’, Naples ca. 1350.Paris, BnF, França

drunken Noah, Ham mocking, Shem and Japheth facepalmingGenesis 9:20-24 ‘Cœpitque Noe vir agric

Elisha (or Elijah?) reviving a boy2Kings 4:34-35 ‘And he went up, and lay upon the child, and

Saint Anthony and the lobster devilJacobus de Voragine, La Légende Dorée (Legenda aurea), France 147

homagePsalter, England 13th century.Bodleian, MS. Douce 6, fol. 24v

medieval censorship‘Mettener Regel’, Germany 1414.München, BSB Clm 8201d, fol. 24r

monkey and the bishopRobert de Boron, L’Estoire de Merlin, Northern France ca. 1280-1290.Paris, BNF,

PrimatesPsalter, England 13th century.Bodleian, MS. Douce 6, margins

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