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An elegantly designed manicule pointing the reader to a significant portion of the text - 2nd half of the 15th century, Bodleian Library, MS. Add. A. 15, f. 50r

Thursday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibliothek, 114, f. 35r

He’s got the hump - 14th century, English, Cambridge, ULSpecColl, MS Dd.4.17, f. 19r

A very handy tail, indeed - late 13th century, The Ormesby Psalter, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366, f. 55v

“The cool stuff is right here” - 2nd half of the 13th century, Chambéry Bibliothèques municipales, Ms. 27, f. 209v

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When you’ve got a couple of points to make - 14th century, BnF Latin MS 4935, f. 19v

“Now, if I could please ask those of you at the front to kneel and keep your eyes tightly closed...” - late 15th century, Book of Hours, Bodleian Library, Douce Ms. 266, 6r

When you don’t quite meet the minimum height requirement to be king - 13th century, The Morgan Library and Museum, 024, MS M.429, f. 10v

Purple Hazed Sky - Thomas Boucher

“There are not blurred skies above me.”

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A rather angry ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Clm 3003, fol. 23v

A marginal doodle of what looks like three bewildered chaps uncomfortably stuffed into the same oversized tunic - late 15th century, BLB, 
256 Bll. 2º, Shelf mark
D̄ḡ 21, p. 364

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Thursday’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - mid-15th century, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.385., f. 27r

When you need to bring up a very important point - 14th century, Roman de Renart, BnF Français 12584, f. 61r

As it’s St. George’s Day, here is a manicule that points to the exact place where the story starts draggin’ -  late 13th/early 14th century, British Library, Royal MS 12 E.XXV, f. 23r

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Slyly strumming in the margins - Early 16th century doodle in a c. 1483 printed book, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Incunabula 2.b.23

‘The Super Extender’, for when you just have to make your point — University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 609/340, fol. 5v