Funny historic art

[matmohair1]

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[Swissky]

That's just a wild man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_man

 

[matmohair1]

something tells me that woodwose,
is actually a clever costume, with some really cool accessories...

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Der Schembartlauf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schembartlauf

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[AelleCyning]

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

I just looked that up assuming it was fake, and it's not.

 

[AelleCyning]

Yup. There's another inscription on the page,

"1.  false are the works wich this Abbot writ in the abbie of Osney alias Godstow 1528
2.  O d ****in Abbot"

 

[Antonis]

 

[matmohair1]

Mer-knight!

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[Swissky]

Is the female counterpart called a shieldmaid?

 

[Antonis]

Or a shieldmermaiden?

 

[matmohair1]

Illustrations by Franz,
Count von Pocci (1807 - 1876)

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Fliegende Blätter weekly

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[Swissky]

 

[Areze]

So that's what passes for entertainment in medieval Germany.

 

[matmohair1]

Toothache

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Gout

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From The Princeton Field Guide to
Prehistoric Mammals by Donald R. Prothero...

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[matmohair1]

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Detail from the top of one of the interior
beams at Hegge Stave church, Norway - 1216

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Ironic cigarette card

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"Vogel Selbsterkenntnis" (Bird of self-knowledge)
17th century - alluding to the popular proverb...
"Nimm dich selbst bei der Nase" ("take yourself by your nose")

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more weird shenanigans....

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[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Bottom image looks like he's holding a katana. 

 

[matmohair1]

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[BerserkerRezo]

Were the British really that superstitious or it was the good ol' English banter.? (About the gout)

 

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The British were really backwards up until 1917, and were more akin to apes than anything else. After winning the First World War they rewrote history to make themselves seem cultured, even though historical evidence such as this proves how insane such a claim is.