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in case anybody was wondering where these weird little guys came from:

LeafPup Creature: The Northern French Hebrew Miscellany, BL Add 11639, f68v

UniCreature: The Maastricht Hours, BL Stowe MS 17, f219r

Flower Creature: The Hours of Saint-Omer (first half), BL Add 36684

MerBunny: The Book of Hours, use of Metz, Metz. BM, MS 1588, f148r

#medieval #marginalia #medievalManuscripts #medievalMarginalia

#Caturday 🐱:
“Keyboard Cat”
Prayer Book
Belgium, late 15th c.
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
“a #cat bangs away on a portable organ in duet with a horn-playing #dog below”
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” exhibition
#CatsInArt #DogsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

photo of open page from illuminated medieval manuscript cited in post; main frame relatively small with square illustration and text, comparatively large margin richly decorated with large flowers and the musical cat and dog illustrations

closeup of organ-playing cat (grey tabby)

closeup of horn-tooting dog (brown, standing upright, with red collar and pointy blue and yellow hat on head)

photo of gallery label “Keyboard Cat Prayer Book Belgium, late 15th century Ink, paint, and gold on parchment The main image on this page depicts the Christian biblical story of Christ humbly entering Jerusalem. Meanwhile, a cat bangs away on a portable organ in duet with a horn-playing dog below. Are they creating fanfare celebrating Christ's arrival? Or is their jam session an adorably distracting ruckus drawing the reader's attention away from an important event? The book's owner might have noted with humor that the cat seems to have stolen the organ from an angel, who plays the instrument correctly on an earlier page! Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931, acc. no. W.438, fols. 161v-162r”

#Caturday 🐱:
“Super Kitty!”
from Missal for Use of Paris
France, 1325-75
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” exhibition
#CatsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

medieval marginalia: small illustration from the cited illuminated manuscript of a cream colored cat wearing a cape (blue outer, red inner lining), with black rat (?) in mouth

photo of the full page on display (cat in lower left margin)

photo of gallery label “Super Kitty! Missal for Use of Paris France (Paris), 1325-1375 Ink, paint, and gold on parchment Not all heroes wear capes, but some do! This tiny kitty swoops down on his prey-can you find him in the margins of the book? Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931, acc. no. W.124, fols. 110v-111r”

#Caturday 😼:
“Party Animals”
Book of Hours (Artist: Coetivy Master), Paris, ca.1450-60
W.274, fols. 185v-186r
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
“A true party animal, this kitty rides a keg pulled by monkeys while holding a festive pinwheel in its paw.”
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” show
#CatsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

closeup of medieval marginalia from cited illuminated manuscript: “true party animal, this [white] kitty rides a keg pulled by monkeys while holding a festive pinwheel in its paw.”

photo of book on display open to fols. 185v-186r (cat image on margin center right of right page)

photo of gallery label: “Party Animals Book of Hours Artist: Coetivy Master France (Paris), ca. 1450-1460 Ink, paint, and gold on parchment A true party animal, this kitty rides a keg pulled by monkeys while holding a festive pinwheel in its paw. This image playfully contrasts with the text they ride toward, a prayer to St. Germanus, which celebrates how he "despised earthly things." The main scene shows how the saint turned away from worldly pleasures, something the cat and monkeys are thoroughly enjoying. Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1900, acc. no. W.274, fols. 185v-186r”

For #MedievalMonday / #ManuscriptMonday :
#Fox preaching to #chickens and a #goose
Detail from Maastricht Book of Hours, Liège-Maastricht area, c.1300-25
British Library Stowe MS 17, fol. 84r
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BL_Stowe_MS_17_fol._84r_Fox_preaching.png
#MedievalMarginalia #BirdsInArt

medieval marginalia: illustration of an anthropomorphic fox dressed in a blue robe and sporting a cane, facing left preaching to a “flock” consisting of two chickens (red and orange) and one white goose facing right

For #MedievalMonday / #ManuscriptMonday :
Detail from Maastricht Book of Hours (BL Stowe MS17), f36r:
#elephant & castle (howdah) driven by #monkey
Liège-Maastricht area, c.1300-25
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht_Book_of_Hours,_BL_Stowe_MS17_f036r_(detail).png
#MedievalMarginalia

“This drollery depicts an elephant and castle (howdah). The elephant is driven by a dressed #monkey.” (detail from a medieval illuminated manuscript, marginalia)

Our final image of a dog in a medieval margin is from the Wettinger Graduale, dated to 1330-1335, and shows a dog chasing a rabbit or hare. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our rather sad-looking dog with a satchel and walking stick here is from Aristotle's "Libri Naturales" in a 13th century translation. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our second medieval dog is actually three dogs being walked by a well coifed lady from the Alphonso Psalter, dated to around 1284. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our first image this week is from the 14th century Maastricht Hours and features this week's marginalia focus, dogs. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Sadly, the artist of the Maastricht Hours was never recorded and is therefore unknown. Our final image is from the "Hours of the Virgin" section. #maastrichthours #medievalart #medievalmarginalia

#WorldOtterDay musical entertainment:
Bagpiping #otter in the margin of the Book of Hours, Lyon, c.1505-10; Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 6881, fol. 63v.
https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/ark:/63955/md32d791w48g
#MedievalMarginalia #MedievalManuscripts

medieval marginalia: miniature painting depicting a brown otter sitting upright playing the bagpipes, on green ground against red background with gold floral ornamental decoration, with cut off text visible to right and additional floral decoration visible above

The Maastricht Hours is a book of hours which is a devotional text. It was thought to be created for an unknown aristocratic lady who is shown at various points in the manuscript. This is another figure found in the "Office of the Dead". #maastrichthours #medievalart #medievalmarginalia

The Maastricht Hours was produced around 1300-1325 in the Liège-Maastricht area but lacks feasts that were specific to that area. This creature is from the "Office of the Dead". #maastrichthours #medievalart #medievalmarginalia

In last week's search for medieval marginalia, I came across the Maastricht Hours, a 14th century manuscript, which is crammed with marginalia which is going to be this week's focus starting with figure within the "Hours of the Virgin" section. #maastrichthours #medievalart #medievalmarginalia

A belated #cat for #Caturday and an early #snail for a #SlowSunday : Cat in a snail shell from the Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Stowe MS 17 f.185 Netherlands, S. (Liège), 1st quarter 14th c. British Library collection #CatsInArt #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalMarginalia

medieval marginalia: illustration of a grey cat head with orange antennae and whiskers poking out of a snail shell with orange - red - black - white coloration, perched on the end of a blue curved ornamentation, with a bit of text visible to upper left (cropped)

A belated #cat for #Caturday and an early #snail for a #SlowSunday :
Cat in a snail shell from the Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht (‘The Maastricht Hours’), Stowe MS 17 f.185
Netherlands, S. (Liège), 1st quarter 14th c.
British Library collection
#CatsInArt #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalMarginalia

Our final figure of clergy hybrids is from the Maastricht Book of Hours which dates from around 1300-1325. It shows a nun (or abbess) holding a crozier with the rear end of an indeterminate animal. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts

Our third clergy hybrid medieval marginalia figure is a monk with the hind end of a ?lion ?dog sawing at a pile of books. It is from the Gorleston Psalter from the early 14th century. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts

Our second hybrid clergy figure is a nun holding a book with her hands… and a crozier with one of her claws from a French book of hours dated around 1420. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts

#MedievalMarginalia

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