Wait, what grow on trees?

March 17, 2019 12:55 PM

The marginalia of Jeanne de Montbaston in The Romance of the Rose. This is an illuminating piece of scholarship by historian Sara Öberg Strådal on the overlooked imagery in 14th century marginalia, in this case in the medieval French poem Le Roman de la Rose (written circa 1230 and 1275, BnF fr. 25526) by artist Jeanne de Montbaston (possibly nsfw, via.)

Here's another example of Strådal's fascinating scholarship (Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264.)

Optional musical accompaniment for the above (previously, via.)

Further reading: Creation and collaboration in a fourteenth-century Parisian atelier: Jeanne and Richard de Montbaston and the Histoire ancienne

Jeanne de Montbaston – Penis Trees Against the Misogynists?

Sara Öberg Strådal previously: "I don't want any boring old heraldry. I want something new, fresh."

posted by homunculus (4 comments total)

Related Twitter thread.
posted by homunculus at 12:56 PM on March 17, 2019

Think to self: these are the dick trees right? Clicks link. YUP!
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 1:21 PM on March 17, 2019 [1 favorite]

These are amazing. I love weirdo marginalia!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:11 PM on March 17, 2019 [1 favorite]

The original "dick is plentiful and low-value."
posted by praemunire at 9:48 AM on March 18, 2019