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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

sacra conversazioneBiblia porta, France 13th century.Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire de Laus

three kings in bed‘Salzburg Missal’, Regensburg ca. 1478-1489München, Bayerische Staatsb

whispererthe Caligula Troper, England c. 1055BL, Cotton Caligula A XIV, fol. 25r

Winged donkey.Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn. Fol. 272v, Ms. C

Samson and the Foxes.  Miniature from a 13th century Octateuch, illustrating Judges 15:4-5: “S

Miriam’s dance (Exodus 15:20).  Illustration from the Bulgarian “Tomic Psalter”, artist unknown; ca.

devil in chainsBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Se

Adam and EveBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever

Abaddon and the locusts(Revelation 9:7-11)Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘

standing foxBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever

lionsBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before

snake eaterBeatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever

The future King David, still a shepherd, slays a lion to protect his flock; a dead bear and unicorn

but you don’t really care for music, do you?King David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant&

Samson and the firefoxes(Judges 15:4)Psalter of Saint Louis, Paris ca. 1270BnF, Latin 10525, fol. 58

This young camel finds itself a long way from home.Manuscript description and digital images can be

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Victims of the Black Death. From the Toggenburg Bible. c. 1411

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba (from the Bible historiale by Guiart des Moulins),illustra

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