Weird Medieval Art

11th to 16th Century. Images from bestiaries, manuscripts, paintings, and murals. Mostly regarding hell, strange animals, humorous images, etc.
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an illustration of a man standing in front of a castle with two birds on his feet
Renaissance Art of the End Times Revealed in Rediscovered Apocalyptic Book
Renaissance Art of the End Times Revealed in Rediscovered Apocalyptic Book, "1496 – Tiber monster"
an image of a man hugging a woman with a bear on his back, from a medieval manuscript
Don’t listen to Prophecy – Manuscript Art
Manuscript art : When the Devil doesn’t want you to listen to prophecy
two people are hugging each other in front of some writing on the back of a piece of paper
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an image of the human body with many different types of people around it and stars in the background
Zodiacal man, from Le Calendrier des Bergers. (vintageprintable.com)
an old painting of two women and a dog on a bed with red drapes
Rouge
L’amour charnel Livre des propriétés des choses (De proprietatibus rerum) Barthélemy l'Anglais Jean Corbichon, traducteur vers 1410 - Le grand lit rose est peint en laque de brésil. - BNF, Manuscrits occidentaux, Français 9141, folio 171v°
an image of a painting with animals and birds on it's side, in the style of medieval art
gorleston psalter
an animal is depicted on a blue and brown tile
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butt licking cat Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 72r
15th century illuminated manuscript by Moulins Alphonse Mucha, Danse Macabre, Art Classique, Art Antique, Arte Horror
15th century illuminated manuscript by Moulins
an old book with pictures of men in different positions and words on the page,
Demonagerie
Cosmographie universelle, selon les navigateurs tant anciens que modernes / par Guillaume Le Testu, pillotte en la mer du Ponent, de la ville francoyse de Grâce (1555). Detail of ‘Mer de l’Inde orientale’ (p.64)
The Hague, RMMW, 10 A 11, detail of f. 321r (‘Men and animals in chaos’). St Augustine, La Cité de Dieu (Vol. I). Translation from the Latin by Raoul de Presles. Paris, 1478-1480. Middle Ages Fantasy, Europe Culture, Illuminated Letters
Demonagerie
The Hague, RMMW, 10 A 11, detail of f. 321r (‘Men and animals in chaos’). St Augustine, La Cité de Dieu (Vol. I). Translation from the Latin by Raoul de Presles. Paris, 1478-1480.
an image of people with different body shapes and sizes in the style of medieval art
Demonagerie
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291, detail of f. 75v. Rabanus Maurus, De rerum naturis. 1425