Manuscripts

Pictures from medieval manuscripts, captioned on Twitter: the Romance of Alexander, the Smithfield Decretals, the Taymouth Hours and others, each with its library and shelfmark.

Fourteenth century

Christ fails the company retreat trust exercise.

From: The Taymouth Hours
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13

Fourteenth century

“You know what’s not tempting? That free-swinging devil dick.”

From: The Taymouth Hours
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13

Fourteenth century

tickle tickle

From: The Taymouth Hours
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13

Fourteenth century

This guy really loves funerals.

From: The Taymouth Hours
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13

Fourteenth century

Meth. Not even once.

From: The Smithfield Decretals
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV

Fourteenth century

“Doe or doe notte, there ys no trie.” Almost time for #StarWars!

From: The Smithfield Decretals
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV

Twelfth century

When even Jesus is fed up with your bullshit.

From: The Floreffe Bible
Image from: British Library, Add MS 17737

Fourteenth century

This God: “They did what in my name???”

From: The St Omer Psalter
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 14, f. 7r

Fourteenth century

Jesus: Fed up with your shit.

From: The St Omer Psalter
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 14, f. 120r

Thirteenth century

Why are manticores always hipsters?

From: Bestiary
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, f. 29v

Thirteenth century

When you want to fight, but your horses just want to hug it out.

From: The Rochester Bestiary
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 42v

Thirteenth century

A little ass-play. I’ll show myself out…

From: The Rochester Bestiary
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 39v

Fifteenth century

How Not to Train Your Dragon.

From: The Talbot Shrewsbury Book
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 6r

Fifteenth century

When your dragon interrupts your dinner party to beg for table scraps.

From: The Talbot Shrewsbury Book
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 6v

Fifteenth century

Alexander the Great as a child: Kind of a dick.

From: The Talbot Shrewsbury Book
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 7r

Fifteenth century

Following Skyrim's example, a young Alexander the Great fought mudcrabs to increase his XP.

From: The Talbot Shrewsbury Book
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI

Fourteenth century

Found an old photo of @realDonaldTrump in action. #TrumpTape #TrumpTrain -Yates Thompson MS 13 177r.

From: The Taymouth Hours
Image from: British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13

Fourteenth century

Congratulations, you plagued yourself.

From: James le Palmer, Omne Bonum
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 6 E VI

This is fine.

Image from: The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.360.21