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Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts

Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae Source: British Library Add ms 15603, f.93r.

Kint Geboren

Kint Geboren

Jacob van Maerlant, Der naturen bloeme Source: British Library Add ms 11390, f.1v.

Terrobolem

Terrobolem

Two terrobolem stones, male and female, when brought close together, spontaneously ignite and create a raging fire. Bestiary Source: British Library Add …

Pin Pricked

Pin Pricked

Pinpricks allow the transfer of a drawing from one sheet of vellum to another. Bestiary Source: British Library Add ms 11283, f.6r.

Descender Dweller

Descender Dweller

Boccaccio, Des cas de nobles hommes et femmes Source: British Library Add ms 35321, f.50v.

Paradysus

Paradysus

Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 52r.

Constellation Orion

Constellation Orion

Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS. 92, fol. 90v.

Cursus Solis Solsticialis

Cursus Solis Solsticialis

Here’s how you figure it out: Saint-Omer, 1121. Source: Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent Liber Floridus, HS. 92, fol. 25r.

Color Table

Color Table

Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics Source: British Library Egerton MS 3314, f.8v.

Decorative D

Decorative D

Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British Library Royal ms 7 f vi, fol. 45r. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti Source: British …

Herinacius: The Hedgehog

Herinacius: The Hedgehog

It is said that the hedgehog collects fruit on its quills. Bestiary Source: British Library Stowe ms 1067, f.1v.

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Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus; computistical tables and diagrams; …