Weird Medieval Images

[Montero]

Nice article on a book on Medieval art, that is picking out some of the weirder images and putting them in context Explains how it all started as a hobby, launched on Twitter.

Why Is Medieval Art So Weird?

Titled "Weird Medieval Guys," a new book examines illustrations of armless frogs, human-sized snails and more

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Ursa major]

Isn't that image at the top of the article a portrait of a distant ancestor of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (née Lion-Bows**, or something like that)....?


** - A few generations back, the two names were swapped around, Lyon-Bowes becoming Bowes-Lyon.

 

[Montero]

Groan