I had to share the insanity

[desertslave]

The came to me via Facebook. I know some folks here will get a chuckle or three, even though it's not strictly an Author thing. Really makes you wonder what those monks were drinking (or what they were licking off their paint brushes?).

http://aethelmearcgazette.com/2015/...se-images-are-from-real-medieval-manuscripts/

 

[legerdemer]

The came to me via Facebook. I know some folks here will get a chuckle or three, even though it's not strictly an Author thing. Really makes you wonder what those monks were drinking (or what they were licking off their paint brushes?).

http://aethelmearcgazette.com/2015/...se-images-are-from-real-medieval-manuscripts/

Have you read The Name of the Rose, or seen the movie?

And, if I were a monk stuck in a "scribarium" for umpteen hours a day, I think I would start to have a little fun with my work too. I guess editors weren't quite so strict back then, either - let things slip through the brush strokes...

 

[Hypoxia]

For the real story of what them loopy munks was up to, see Brother Godfrey's Journal of the Year 1269. (Sorry for the Amazon link -- I'm not about to scan the whole little bugger.) Spoiler: sex, drugs, and music are involved. Oh, them swingin' Cistercians...

 

[CyranoJ]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd107/RobertDobolinaEsq/0711fc6e-5b4f-43f8-b067-9c6ea1f7846c.png

Marginalia from medieval manuscripts are pretty fun.

I think my fave is "Now I've written the whole thing; for Christ's sake give me a drink."