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And finally, we end with this guy, beautifully illustrated and surrounded by gold leaf
This illustrator had seen an owl a time or two
Definitely superb
@GettyMuseum MS Ludwig WV 4, fol. 41v
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This guy is charming
Just casually observing you from the edge of his manuscript page
No doubt, would pet
Stuttgart Cod. Brev. 162
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Same with this guy. The mustache is outstanding
@britishlibrary Add MS 18852, fol. 116v
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This is just an all around good-looking guy
I'm living for this combover
Universitatsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 300
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I LOVE this little polka dot guy
Way to stand on that branch, little dude
@laBnF Latin MS 1173
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I'm sort of obsessed with this little owl who's hiding in some manuscript foliage
Very cutesy. Very demure
Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Min. 98, fol. 10v
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One more working owl for you
This one is a musician and he is playing the lute. Sign me up for some lessons
Marseille, MS 209
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Another working owl, but this one doing a much more common type of labor: clearing out rodents
Chateauroux bib mun 0005
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Here's something you don't see every day:
A working owl
This owl physician is examining some urine because, why not?
@MorganLibrary MS M. 1004, fol. 106r
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And one more with a questionable attribution, but he's too good not to share
Trinity College, B. 1.46
(If anyone has the correct attribution, please share)
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This guy, too
Biblioteca Digital Hispanica Pontifical de Guillaume Durand, MS IX, 258h, image 323
(this might not be the exact MS info -- it's my first time coming across this particular ms. It's VERY cool AND digitized, but the MS info is a little difficult to determine 100%)
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Quite a few of these owls look like they've really been through it
This guy has seen some sh*t
@britishlibrary Add MS 28962, fol. 329r
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And this guy. A classic Owl in a Hat
The epitome of medieval owl fashion
@morganlibrary MS M. 1004, fol. 79r
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yes :(
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🫣
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yes, just making some 🥺
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Beautiful, this week a lot of people have been posting about going to see Beatle Paul play and all I could think of was how I'll never get to see a Beatle but I have seen a Christmas beetle in my yard which might even be much more exciting 🤔
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