Big stomping hooves and a chunky tail, all part of this ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - Second half of the 14th century, BnF Français 400, f. 13v

Been cross-referencing my 2 favorite manuscripts & it's going swimmingly, I'm very pleased. I wish I had learned at some point to hold a pencil w/o such a death grip, but writing helps me think, typing doesn't.🤷🏻‍♀️ The digital bowels of the BnF are a great place to spend the month before an election😇

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On the run in the margin..... BnF MS Latin 14266; Petrus Lombardus, in epistolis s. Pauli; 12th century; Abbaye de Saint-Victor de Paris; f.30v

"De balneis terrae laboris" de Petrus de Ebulo (1150-1220) descreve banhos termais (e medicinais) da cidade italiana de Pozzuoli. Infelizmente uma erupção vulcânica do séc. 16 destruiu muitas das fontes termais e o poema tão famoso perdeu popularidade. Iluminuras do BnF Latin 8161 e Français 1313:

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Je connaissais pas ce lien alors que j'ai un abo BNF depuis longtemps <3

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For more than a year now you’ve worked under Brother Leofric on ‘his’ new manuscript, correcting his errors up and putting up with all of his annoying habits. Today, he just pushed you too far. It’s payback time Brother - completed in the 12th century, BnF Latin 14266, f. 137v