I heard that some abbot wrote that you should choose the dullest, least intelligent monks to be scribes since it's just copying other's work over and over again. I'm not surprised some of them got a little bored.
Slipped in a self portrait after drinking the ink
From The Songbook of Zeghere van Male (16th century)
Thanks! There’s some real gems in there
That guy's like, "This is my life now, having a bird eternally biting my dick."
That dude was probably laughing his ass off while drawing it too.
The Decorated Letter. They were the "gotta love me!" before Dinosaurs. I mean... Before the show, not the creatures.
The pig is having a field day
Underground Medieval Art. When those monks got creative, they did it literally on the margins.
Like Zoinks Scoob...what were those mushrooms laced with
...oink
I mean, if your entire life is prayer, deprivation, endlessly copying manuscripts by hand, and never, ever having sex? You'd probably get bored at work and draw some wacky shit too .
