Thursday, June 25, 2026

Ms. Bodl. 264

This delightful book is a collection of exotic texts, including the Alexander Romance and Marco Polo. The various parts were illustrated at different times, by different hands; the pictures here are all from the Alexander Romance and were likely done around 1360 to 1380.


I love the little figures strewn across the bottoms of many pages.

I guess these are Harpies?

No idea which story this is supposed to be.

Have you ever seen such a delightful drawing of a man being drawn and quartered?


Daily life.

And everyone's favorite theme, a naked man pushing a bunch of nuns in a wheelbarrow. What?

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