Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is another crying out for a comedy caption. I feel sure Gottfried of Strassbourg (for it is he) is saying “don’t you just loooove my new haircut?”

It is from the Codex Manesse, a German songbook dating from the fourteenth century.

Image source: Codex Manesse. Image declared as public domain on Wikipedia.

• 3 months ago

• medieval art
• middle ages
• illuminated manuscripts

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