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medieval imaginations:
literature and visual culture in the middle ages



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medium: manuscript 
date: 15th century
episodes: All
owner/location: British Library, London
catalogue information: Additional 18850 f.12
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December Calendar

Image 687 At the foot of the calendar are two miniatures. On the left is a depiction of the seasonal activity of pig-killing. On the right is a beautifully painted grotesque, its goat head and front legs terminating in a snail shell. (A much less elaborate depiction of a similar grotesque is to be seen in British Library MS Stowe 17 f.11.) A deep border of arabesque and flower pattern surrounds the whole.

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