speaking of rude images in illuminated manuscripts

[abendgules]

My friend merlyn_gabriel  has a request for rude marginalia in a new scroll, and I'm posting one of my favourite Luttrell images on the topic.

Blowing it out both ends Marginal (bas-de-page, really) from the Luttrell Psalter, p.185v He appears on the page of Psalm 105, under this text: Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles. Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. So either he’s singing the praises of the Lord, as instructed, or the ‘calling upon him’ is interpreted as confession (the historiated initial shows a man confessing to God), and this is the counterpoint to confession – blowing hot air from both ends!

Comments

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, boy, rude marginalia! Sounds like fun.

I've long thought that the dragonscribes blog needed some galleries where people can collect images of different types, e.g., rude marginalia, ships, things that scribes did to fix mistakes. Except I don't know if blogspot has the capabilities to do anything like this.