Welcome to the Museum of WTF
Say you lived like, 1100 years ago (roughly). And say you were given the task of recording history, or at least historical text.
But along with recording the history, the fables and the stories you were also responsible for illustrating the book in a sort of Medieval text-heavy, graphic novel.
Your creation is what they would come to call Illuminated Manuscripts.
Here’s an example of one:
What’s particularly interesting about Illuminated Manuscripts is who’s responsible for actually creating them. For the most part, these books were religious in nature and the inhabitants of various monasteries (yes monks) were essentially both the authors and the illustrators.
One would naturally think that this would mean very staid, Biblical works showing both an utter reverence for Christianity but also a very conservative and traditional approach to the subject matter.
Not so fast.
Medieval dick pics. Didn’t see that one coming.
What you soon come to realize is that, well, monks can be some really fucked up people.
It all makes sense really. The isolation. The meditation. The vows of celibacy. Hell, maybe even a bender or two.
Monks really must have had some time on their hands. The evidence kind of speaks for itself.
There is so much I’m dying to know.
Like, was cannabis already a thing back then?
Do standard monks have homicidal tendencies?
Did the sexual repression really get to you?
And what’s with all the fucking rabbits?
Anyway, I’d like to present to you some stuff you just can’t unsee.
Welcome to Museum of Illuminated Manuscripts.
Enjoy?
