Medieval marginalia

Thomas Foss is raising funds for Killer Rabbits: Medieval manuscript art made into miniature on Kickstarter! The most unexpected enemy! The most vindictive, and surprising foes to challenge your players on the tabletop. Killer Rabbits!

20 bucks say the rabbit riding the snail man's got this.

Maybe it's because it's Friday and I've been nursing a cold all week long, or maybe it's because it's Halloween and I'm feeling particularly irreverent, but I figure that

A 16th century drawing of a blemmyae Monsters once lived at the heart of pop culture, albeit during what was arguably the weirdest time to be alive: the Middle Ages. In intrepid, faraway lands you'd find them: neckless men with their faces in their stomachs – known as "blemmyae" – or yet another

normal bird, france, 11th century

weird medieval guys on Instagram: "big fan of this fellow! name suggestions? source: hours of johanna the mad, british library add ms 18852 . . . #medieval #art #arthistory #medievalart #marginalia #manuscript #medievalmanuscript #history #middleages #books #oldbooks #illuminatedmanuscript #bookstagram #rarebooks #medievalmanuscript #weirdmedievalguys"

In all the kingdom of nature, does any creature threaten us less than the gentle rabbit?

Detail from "The Rutland Psalter", medieval (c1260), British Library Add MS 62925. f 49v

You’ve seen SCA scrolls with miniatures, but you’ve never seen anything like THESE before! In the interest of keeping this a family-friendly site, we’re only using images that qua…