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a hand drawn diagram of a tree showing the many words that come from the root word of ‘tree’
a medieval drawing of a goggle-eyed demon falling off the edge of a manuscript margin
a medieval drawing of a dandily dressed centaur with a face on his butt, playing a lute
a medieval drawing of a woman in bed embracing a dragon while a man in bed beside them watches
a handful of small fossilised teeth
a medieval drawing of an ornate goblet with a bird ornament on top and pipes within
a medieval illustration of a woman with many hands pointing at a man
a soft looking and somewhat worn felt swan with a big beak and trailing feathers
a medieval drawing of two knights embracing
a medieval illustration of the virgin mary punching a horned, claw-footed, bestial devil
a graphic with the cover of the wordspotter’s guide by Olivia swarthout
a poster promoting the weird medieval guys pub quiz
a medieval watercolour of a human fave surrounded by clouds blowing out air in a way that looks like spaghetti
a room with a tiled floor, cafe tables, and walls and ceiling covered in an elaborate baroque mural
a medieval drawing of a naked man with no head and a face on his chest
an old wooden cathedral door with a hole in the bottom through which a cat pokes its head
two inlaid brooches shaped like birds
a hand holding a nibbled baguette on a train platform
a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table
Often a person believes himself to be so wise
and believes to gain highest fame thereby,
when the juice of the grapes has affected him negatively. 
The next one believes that he is so rich
that even the emperor might not be an equal to him. 
The third appears like an extremely hungry horse,
so no one can push enough of fresh or rotten food into the ever open mouth. 
The fourth one screams cries over his heavy sins,
and his heart is passionately in flames out of deep repentance
for strange reasons that no one can comprehend. The fifth one desires to do unchaste actions,
to which he is dedicated day and night,
once he has become addicted to the power of wine. The sixth has a miserable practice: He condemns the soul through [false] oaths so that she will be entirely exhausted when facing God.
an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’
a medieval drawing of a woman falling and hitting her head on the ground with a serene expression on her face
a medieval illustration of adam and eve in the garden, watch from a giant eye in the sky by god
a picture of scottish curler bruce mouat
a ink drawing of a man tackling another man swinging a sword by grabbing him around the waist and putting his face in his crotch
a diagram showing the overlap between the five busiest port cities in England, 1400-1580 AD vs the fifteen local authorities in England containing the largest number of people with the surname Shipp in 2014
a diagram showing the etymologies of different flowers
A promotional image for the upcoming book The Wordspotter's Guide, which has a cream coloured cover with a pair of binoculars on it
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
a plushie of kipper the dog next to a laptop playing kipper the tv show
kipper the cartoon dog, who has orange fur, brown ears, and kind eyes
a medieval illustration of two hares killing and skinning a man
a huge and healthy ancient oak in some woodland
image text: The Turks bear well fatigue and a hard life: they are not incommoded, as I have witnessed, during the whole journey, by sleeping on the ground like animals. They are of a gay, cheerful humour, and willingly sing songs of the heroic deeds of their ancestors. Any one, therefore, who wishes to live with them must not be grave or melancholy, but always have a smiling countenance. They are also men of probity, and charitable toward éach other. I have often observed, that should a poor person pass by when they are eating, they would invite him to partake of their meal, which is a thing we never do.
A heart shaped medieval manuscript open flat to show a page of musical score opposite a page illuminated with a colourful drawing of a richly dressed woman and an angel holding a sword and floating atop a wheel.
a medieval drawing of a creature like a squirrel with a mohawk drinking wine from a glass amidst a floral manuscript border.
image text: Typically, Boorde was rude about the drink, writing of Cornish ale that it was “stark nought, lokinge whyte and thycke, as pygges had wrasteled in it,” adding that “it wyll make one to kacke, also to spew; it is dycke [thick] and smoky, and also it is dyn”.