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Aug 26, 2019 • 21 tweets • 24 min read • Read on X
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Right, it's #InternationalDogDay, and boy (boi?) do we have a thread for you.

Animals on Show 1 (42): digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/07a9… Advertisement for A Most Beautiful DOG
The English bulldog appears frequently in our digitized Curzon collection of cartoons from the Napoleonic Wars. Here, a bulldog named Wellington and a Russian bear attack a monkey representing Napoleon. Curzon b.28(111), a bulldog with
Meanwhile, back in London, a "most Wonderful and Sagacious...LEARNED DOG" could be seen as part of a variety show. He could tell time, count money, and "spell any Person's Thoughts by the impenetrable Secret". digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/8cc7… #InternationalDogDay advertisement for Le Chien Savant, or, The LEARNED DOG
There was also the "MOST BEAUTIFUL DOG", discovered in Greenland, with 16-inch ears and a fine wool coat, who had astonished "the principal Nobility in England". These advertisements feature in our @jjcollephemera collection of printed ephemera. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/07a9… advertisement for a most beautiful dog
@jjcollephemera Dogs danced and climbed ladders in "Mrs. Midnight's Animal Comedians", a 1753 show. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d6be… engraving of Mrs. Midnight's Animal Comediansdetail of dancing dogdetail of monkey riding dog
@jjcollephemera And now, the manuscript dogs. One French book of hours--a richly decorated medieval prayerbook--contains 12 pictures of the same two dogs. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/b03c… #InternationalDogDay MS. Douce 62, two dogsMS. Douce 62, two dogs (lying down)MS. Douce 62, two dogs (standing and sitting)
@jjcollephemera A while back, @bodleianlibs turned these 12 images into a medieval dog flipbook. #InternationalDogDay
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs In medieval bestiaries--illustrated catalogues of real and mythical animals--dogs were described with a few principal traits. Firstly, they lick their own wounds to heal them:

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digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d3b2… #InternationalDogDay MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 28r: dogs licking woundsMS. Bodl. 764, fol. 32r: dogs licking woundsMS. Douce 151, fol. 22v: dogs licking wounds
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Secondly, a dog will always return to its own vomit:

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/78dd… MS. Douce 151: dog with vomit
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Thirdly--and perhaps most unfairly--a dog holding meat in its mouth, seeing its own reflection in water, will drop the real meat to try to pick up the reflection of meat.

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digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/d3b2… #InternationalDogDay MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 28r: dog with meat in and out of waterMS. Douce 151: dog in water
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Bestiaries also often include stories of exceptionally faithful dogs, such as King Garamantes' dogs, who rescued him from capture, and and a dog who died of grief watching over his master's body.

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/e4bd…
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/c48b… MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 31v: dog grieving over his dead masterMS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 25v: Garamentes and his dogs
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Two of our digitized bestiaries lead off their dog sections with a handsome picture of three dogs of different colours. The text explains that the word "canis" comes either from Greek or from the sound of a barking dog ("canere").

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digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/6963… MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 25r: three dogsMS. Bodl. 764, fol. 30r: three dogs
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Dogs appear as a commonplace of courtly life in the medieval Romance of the Rose, whether accompanying a horseman or eating scraps under the table.

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digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/281a… #InternationalDogDay MS. Douce 195, fol. 71r: dogs accompany a man on horsebackMS. Douce 195, fol. 77r: dog at dinner under the tableMS. Douce 195, fol. 47r: dog at dinner under the table
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs An unusually stocky, fluffy dog adorns the margins of MS. Douce 93, a Dutch book of hours.

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/83b3… #InternationalDogDay MS. Douce 93, fol. 22r: dogs on the huntMS. Douce 93, fol. 36v: dog hunting rabbitMS. Douce 93, fol. 57v: dogs hunting
@jjcollephemera @bodleianlibs Do we have medieval sheepdogs? We do.

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(Actually, one of these might be a wolf.) MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 13, fol. 36v: pastoral scene with sheepdog and spinning womanMS. Douce 253, fol. 55r: pastoral scene with sheepdog and bagpipe playerMS. Douce 12, fol. 3v: sheep, dog and bagpiperMS. Douce 366, fol. 89r: man with dog and sheep
We also have this slightly Seussian dog, determinedly chasing a goat. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/192c… MS. Douce 62, fol. 31v: dog chasing goat
Medieval service dogs appear in MS. Bodl. 264 and MS. Douce 62, carrying the begging bowls of their blind owners.

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/7333…
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/b578… #InternationalDogDay MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 77v: blind man with dog and bowl. Dog carries bowl in one image, and sniffs the ground in another.MS. Douce 62, fol. 47r: Lion-man hybrid with cane holds leash of dog carrying bowl.
Other dogs in the margins of MS. Bodl. 264 dance, hunt, run, and simply lounge around.

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/e3d4… #InternationalDogDay MS. Bodl. 264, fol. 91r: dog and rooster on stilts dance to a drumMS. Bodl. 264, fol. 92v: two dogs on leashes hunting, one fluffier dog in front of themMS. Bodl. 264, fol. 92v: small dog sits with people playing chessMS. Bodl. 264, fol. 108r: spotted dog runs toward man with stick
The more time you spend with illuminated manuscripts, the more dogs you might see. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/5eb5… MS. Laud Misc. 278, initial with dogMS. Laud Misc. 278, initial with dog and dragon
That goes for Hebrew manuscripts too, including our gorgeous #KennicottBible, which shows dogs hunting, howling and pricking their ears.

digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/ed5a… #InternationalDogDay MS. Kennicott 1, fol. 7v: border with dogs chasing rabbitsMS. Kennicott 1, fol. 29v: dog's head with gold collarMS. Kennicott 1, fol. 74v: dog and bear
We'd love to see any dogs you've found in our digitized images. Here's one more from us, from MS. Douce 219. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/93f2… #InternationalDogDay MS. Douce 219, fol. 49r: dog jumping, man blowing horn

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Sep 13, 2019
OK, we have a thread for you. MS. Canon. Or. 81, fol. 95v: detail of dog and ferret-like animal
As you may know, we digitized nearly 800 Hebrew manuscripts as part of our #PolonskyProject collaboration with @DigitaVaticana. bav.bodleian.ox.ac.uk screenshot of Hebrew manuscripts in Digital Bodleian
These manuscripts include some very beautiful Hebrew Bibles, such as MSS. Kennicott 1, 2 and 3:

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digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/28cb… MS. Kennicott 1, fol. 5r, with pen flourishing and gold leafMS. Kennicott 2, fol. 26r: page decorated with gold and micrographyMS. Kennicott 3, fol. 1v: decorated page
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Mar 4, 2019
'...boke ys myn. Ely[]th ye qwene'
'This boke ys myn Katherina the qwene'

This beautifully-decorated 14th century psalter, now held by @ExeterCollegeOx, was owned by both Elizabeth of York and Katherine of Aragon, Tudor queens-consort of England: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/4000… Handwritten inscription inside a medieval psalter, partially faded, with ownership notes of Elizabeth of York and Katherine of Aragon.Illuminated calendar page from a medieval psalter.Illuminated page from a medieval psalter.Detail of an illuminated page from a medieval psalter.
The entire manuscript has been digitized by @ExeterCollegeOx and made availble on Digital Bodleian.

Every single page is decorated. In the calendar which starts the psalter, medallions depict activities associated with the months, and signs of the zodiac. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/4000… Detail of an illuminated medallion from a medieval manuscript, depicting a man on horseback holding a hawk.Detail of an illuminated medallion from a medieval manuscript, depicting a man gathering crops.Detail of an illuminated medallion from a medieval manuscript, depicting the zodiacal sign Taurus as a bull.Detail of an illuminated medallion from a medieval manuscript, depicting the zodiacal sign Cancer as a crab.
The calendar later had information added concerning the families of kings Henry VII and VIII. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/4000… Detail of a handwritten addition to a medieval psalter.Detail of a handwritten addition to a medieval psalter.Detail of a handwritten addition to a medieval psalter.
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Nov 22, 2018
If you search for Ashmole 782--the magical manuscript featured in 'A Discovery of Witches'--you'll be disappointed. There is no Ashmole 782: medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
adiscoveryofwitches.co.uk/abouta782.html
The Ashmole collection is still full of wonderful, magical things, however (as our friends at @AshmoleanMuseum can attest). For example, MS. Ashmole 304, Matthew Paris's texts on prognostication, written c. 1250: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a3a4…

MS. Ashmole 304, fol. 31v
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There's also MS. Ashmole 1431, an 11th-century herbal produced in Canterbury, which features in several Pinterest posts about Ashmole 782: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/bdde…


MS. Ashmole 1431, fols. 15v-16r
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MS. Ashmole 1431, 17v-18r
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Aug 30, 2018
This pretty scene of castles and horses is in fact a depiction of the coming of the Antichrist, from the 15th-century apocalyptic
"Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur". Today we'll be touring all 15 signs of the Antichrist in this manuscript, MS. Douce 134: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/3854… MS. Douce 134, fol. 64: horse paradeMS. Douce 134, fol. 6r: detail
Signs 1 and 2 of the coming of the Antichrist: the sea rises to the mountaintops and then descends out of sight.

MS. Douce 134, ff. 41v-42r digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/9175… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 41v: rising seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending seaMS. Douce 134, fol. 42r: descending sea
The third sign of the coming of the Antichrist: the gathering together of the fish and sea monsters. (It appears that the sea has risen again since the second sign.)

MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/fc85… #FolkloreThursday MS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monstersMS. Douce 134, fol. 42v: fish and sea monsters
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