Angry bats. ‘Northumberland Bestiary’, London ca. 1250-1260. LA, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. 100, fol. 37r. #medieval #medievalart

Duelling monkeys. psalter and hours, Ghent ca. 1315-1325. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.82, fol. 205v. #medieval #medievalart

Abaddon and the locusts (Revelation 9:7-11). Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072. BnF, Latin 8878, fol. 145v. #medieval #medievalart

Cloaked and flower-tailed feline. Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 73v. #medieval #medievalart

snailfight. book of hours, Metz c. 1295. Metz, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 1588, fol. 139v. #medieval #medievalart

White #cat. book of hours, France after 1500. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms 654, fol. 5r. #medieval #medievalart

Saint John and the Beast. Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale, France 1357. BL, Royal 17 E VII v. 2, fol. 235r. #medieval #medievalart

#Medieval #Batman. Hans Vintler, Die Pluemen der Tugent, Vienna 1450. Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. s. n. 12819, fol. 129r. #medieval#batman#medievalart

Master #yoda? ‘The Smithfield Decretals’ (Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria), Toulouse ca. 1300, illuminations added in London ca. 1340. British Library, Royal 10 E IV, fol. 30v. #medieval #medievalart

Elephant rat. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 203r. #medieval #medievalart

#christmas sale. ‘Maciejowski Bible’, Paris ca. 1240. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, fol. 36v. #medieval #medievalart

#mermaid. ‘Hours of Yolande of Flanders’, Paris ca. 1353-1363. BL, Yates Thompson 27, fol. 52v. #medieval #medievalart

Fallen angels. Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum historiale, Bruges ca. 1455. BnF, Français 308, fol. 13r. #medieval #medievalart

Baby #jesus among the animals. Rudolf von Ems, Weltchronik, Regensburg ca. 1400-1410. LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 249r. #medieval #medievalart

Soul removal. missal, France ca. 1470-1475. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 425, fol. 196v. #medieval #medievalart

Initial ‘P’. Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, Cîteaux 12th century. Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 173, fol. 7r. #medieval #medievalart

De exorcismo capitulum xii. Rabanus Maurus, De rerum naturis, 1425. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291, fol. 49v. #medieval #medievalart

Half-hoofed winged wolf. book of hours, England ca. 1300. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.102, fol. 91v. #medieval #medievalart

Low bite. Breviary of Martin of Aragon, Catalonia ca. 1400. BnF, Rothschild 2529, fol. 248v. #medieval #medievalart

Finger counting. computus compilation, Lorsch 9th century. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1449, fol. 118v. #medieval #medievalart

Sawtoothed (allegory of wrath). Guillaume de Digulleville, Pèlerinage de vie humaine, France 14th century. Aix-en-Provence, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 110, p. 127. #medieval #medievalart

#escher background. Boccaccio, ‘Des cleres et nobles femmes’ (French version of 'De mulieribus claris’), France ca. 1488-1496. BnF, Français 599, fol. 89v. #medieval #medievalart

Lancelot crossing the Sword Bridge. Lancelot du Lac, Paris ca. 1400. BnF, Français 119, fol. 321v. #medieval #medievalart

Night visitor. Prose Lancelot, Paris : pour Antoine Vérard, 1494. Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Inc. 1286, fol. 8v. #medieval #medievalart

I Mcc 6:43 (Eleazar and the elephant). Speculum humanae salvationis, France 1462. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 245, fol. 144r. #medieval #medievalart

Pulling the soul out. Matfre Ermengau, Breviari d'amor, Occitania 14th century. BnF, Français 857, fol. 197v. #medieval #medievalart

Fantastic Mr. #Fox. Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 168r. #medieval #medievalart

Resurrection of the dead. Ottheinrich Bible, Regensburg ca. 1430. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010, fol. 39v. #medieval #medievalart

#orpheus charming the animals. Christine de Pisan, L'Épître Othéa, Paris c. 1410-1414. BL, Harley 4431, fol. 125v. #medieval #medievalart

‘K’ initial. Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male, Bruges 1542. Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, mss. 125, 126,127, 128. #medieval #medievalart

Weasel. Bestiary, Thérouanne ca. 1270. LA, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 91v. #medieval #medievalart

Four elements. Ovide moralisé en prose, Bruges ca. 1470-1480. BnF, Français 137, fol. 1r. #medieval #medievalart

Initial ’D’. Psalter, Upper Rhine ca. 1260. Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale ms. 54, fol. 60v. #medieval #medievalart

The Heaven of Jupiter. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Siena ca. 1444-1450. British Library, Yates Thompson 36, fol. 161r. #medieval #medievalart

Mouth of Acheron. Les Visions du chevalier Tondal, Ghent and Valenciennes ca. 1470. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 30, fol. 17r. #medieval #medievalart

#Lion. Historia Plantarum, Lombardy ca. 1395-1400. Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459, fol. 140v. #medieval #medievalart

Wildlife of #Ethiopia. Le secret de l'histoire naturelle, France ca. 1480-1485. BnF, Français 22971, fol. 20r. #medieval #medievalart

Temptation of Christ. ‘Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk’, Austria c. 1340. Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 8, fol. 42r. #medieval #medievalart

Butt trumpeting horse (above: ‘Gloria Patri’ - 'Glory be to the Father’). ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century. British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 153v. #medieval #medievalart

Monkey baseball. Psalter, Flanders ca. 1320-1330. Bodleian Library, Douce 6, fol. 114r. #medieval #medievalart

Rabbits. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 26v. #medieval #medievalart

Siege rabbits. Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r. #medieval #medievalart

Angry snail. Jacob van Maerlant, Der Naturen Bloeme, Flanders ca. 1350. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, fol. 109v. #medieval #medievalart

Firebreather. Bartholomeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum (Occitan version), Toulouse ca. 1350. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 1029, fol. 248v. #medieval #medievalart

Wild #cats. Gaston Phébus, Livre de la chasse, Paris 15th century. BnF, Français 616, fol. 36r. #medieval #medievalart

Conception of Merlin. Histoire de Merlin, France (Poitiers), 1450-1455. BnF, Français 96, fol. 62v. #medieval #medievalart

Climbing down #Satan’s fur. #dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara 1477-1478. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 93v. #medieval #medievalart

Buttfaced stag. Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305. Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 100v. #medieval #medievalart

Holy Mary full of grace, punch that devil in the face. book of hours ('The De Brailes Hours’), Oxford ca. 1240. BL, Add 49999, fol. 40v. #medieval #medievalart

Demonic cats on the deathbed. Jean Miélot, La Vie et Miracles de Nostre Dame, Oudenaarde 1456. BnF, Français 9198, fol. 110v. #medieval #medievalart