#medieval beastiary

[howdymrfinch]

🌝 everybeast who is anybeast is coming to the beast feast...even the plus one!👑

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[arthistoryanimalia]

To celebrate #MoleDay here is the Ashmole mole :)

MS. Ashmole 1511 (The Ashmole Bestiary), folio 36r. England, early 13th c. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.

Bodleian Libraries

[gawrkin]

I'm surprised by the lack of unicorns in the Arthurian legend. Do they exist? Are there any medieval arthurian texts where unicorns play a role?

Yeah, I don't believe there's a single mention of unicorns in Medieval Arthuriana.

From what I've heard from others, Unicorns were somwhat mildly rare in Chivalric Literature, being some obscure creature that normally lived far away from Europe - which makes perfect sense if you know how "Unicorns" were actually described in earlier beastiaries and what IRL animal they were based on.

They only grew in popularity long after Medieval Arthurian Literature declined.

[bazilicks]

I had a real shitty boyfriend that gave me lots of trauma in middle school but you know what? He did one thing good. He introduced me to the concept of Cynocephalus.

The dog-headed man of medieval legend, who was most definitely a baboon. I love him. I love the idea of a human body with an animal head. The symbolism you can do with that, the design possibilities, why this isn't a popular subset of furry cute is beyond me. Who needs paws with you can have dexterous fingers that make beautiful art and music? All the joys of humanity and all the animalistic tendencies we have portrayed physically on the body. Wolf headed politicians and terrier headed journalists. Doberman headed people who are so used to being judged they expect it and whimper when you hold their face softly, holding onto your wrists with a touch as gentle as a butterfly's.

I love them, I love them so much. I need more cynocephalus OCS.

[howdymrfinch]

I'm so excited to have finished my first ever colouring pages! this set was done for april members ($3 membership and up, you can join anytime and have access to previous pages) and comes with transparent versions for digital colouring! you're allowed to post your coloured versions as you please with credit back to me for the pages :^)

☁️ feel free to tag me if you use them as well! or send them to me i like to see em! 🌝

[howdymrfinch]

🎏 chibi scene art for @owlylly ! 🏰

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[howdymrfinch]

🌝my beast opens his maw to smile at the moon👑

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[howdymrfinch]

"Goodnight Stars. Goodnight Air. Goodnight Noises Everywhere." - Margaret Wise Brown 💫

🌝(Goon is my oc originally designed by owlylly!)👑

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