armless frog and breakdancing rat, netherlands, ca. 1500
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but if i had to guess id say it was probably a medieval boy scout merit badge for Freudian Agriculture
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they talk about it in this paper but i didn't really read it because i was watching Local Hero (1982) with my boyfriend so i can't tell you any more about it sorry :(
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a medieval badge depicting a woman pushing a wheelbarrow full of phalluses across a giant phallus
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btw ive been looking for a job in a museum/archive/library doing social media or marketing or product development or data analysis if anyone has any leads ill love you forever 🥺🥺 I need to leave my job 😭😭
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rt if you also have a horrible, haunted little son who you love very much
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source: koninklijke bibliotheek (national library of the netherlands), ms smc 1, fol. 67v
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childcare, netherlands, 15th century
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euan graciously provided a source! it's TNA KB26/157, here's a link to an image of the roll: aalt.law.uh.edu/H3/KB26no157/a
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i actually nabbed this from the tiktok bc im a content vulture but they didn't seem to say the reference number of the document! i believe the video featured who might remember/know if there's a digital version online ?
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a marginal note by a 13th century scribe named gerard, illustrating the difference in size of certain body parts between his master (top line) and him (bottom line)
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hieronymus bosch, the temptation of st anthony
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when you hehe and hahahaha you are actually connecting with your ancient ancestors !
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"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing."
Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.
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hundreds of pages
almost every single one has a goofy letter
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cat playing with a woman's yarn while she tries to spin, england, 14th century
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and maybe she flipped through the pages and smiled when she came to the prayer that included a lady and her little lapdog :)) idk just a thought!
source: british library, stowe 17, fol. 100r
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the notes on this manuscript suggest it was made for an aristocratic woman, who might be the lady shown kneeling in several places throughout (it was common for commissioned manuscripts to include drawings of their future owners in prayer)
maybe she had a little dog too??
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nun and her dog, england, 14th century
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no one commented on this saying "no they're not actually friends" probably because the entire bit of this account is highlighting the goofiness in medieval images with silly contradictory captions. i think most people get that. until it's two men......
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besties, germany, ca. 1540
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this is a very good point!
but interesting how, when i posted a drawing of a man and a skeleton captioned "besties", people seemed to understand that it was a playful, deliberate joke. so why when it's a joke about gay love do people suddenly need to call it out?? 🤔🤔
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Things that were considered normal masculine things in times past, through modern distorted lenses, are made to seem effeminate or gay. It’s one of the big short comings of modern reinterpretation of classic history.
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just guys being bros, england, 14th century
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you tucking in ⁉️⁉️
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but loads of people have played their own versions/interpretations ! google "medieval butt play" to see some more
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source! youtu.be/bG-34_6_rrk
i think this version is a bit liberal in its interpretation, a while back i posted this version which is a bit more stripped-back/literal!
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around the year 1500, medieval painter hieronymus bosch drew a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.
600 years later, a tumblr user decided to transcribe and play the song. now, you can hear it too.
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around the year 1500, medieval painter hieronymus bosch drew a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.
500 years later, someone decided to transcribe and play the song. now, you can hear it too!
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