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19 August 2018

Caption competition August 2018

Regular followers of the Medieval Manuscripts Blog may know that we occasionally run a caption competition, soliciting weird and wonderful suggestions from our readers. This month we'd like you to tell us what's happening in this image. It's taken from Sloane MS 1975, a medical and herbal miscellany made in the 12th century. Some of its other illustrations are not for the squeamish. Check out the medical procedures on ff. 91v and 93r, for instance. But today we'd like you to focus on the page reproduced below.

You can make a comment at the foot of this blogpost or you can tweet your suggestions to @BLMedieval. There are no prizes but we will publish and retweet the best, so put your thinking caps on!

A medical and herbal miscellany: Sloane MS 1975, f. 13r

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Posted by Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Manuscripts at 12:01 AM

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Mom says it's my turn to use the axe you guys.

Posted by: Warren | 19 August 2018 at 12:05 AM

Are you sure that this is the best way to practice my golf swing?

Posted by: Mary Cookson | 19 August 2018 at 11:42 AM

Gotta Catch ‘Em All

Posted by: Michael W. | 19 August 2018 at 05:47 PM

Botox, before & after: not recommended!

Posted by: Mairi Macdonald | 19 August 2018 at 09:01 PM

Why can't you bring me dead mice like normal cats do?

Posted by: Jane | 19 August 2018 at 09:01 PM

What do mean try a slug pellit. You'll have the green man on my tail

Posted by: Angus Anderson | 19 August 2018 at 09:05 PM

It's a bumper year for bedbugs

Posted by: Sasha | 19 August 2018 at 09:35 PM

I told you not to put that scorpion under the grow-light!

Posted by: Donna | 19 August 2018 at 10:41 PM

If only we had rats like other castles.

Posted by: Velma Bolyard | 19 August 2018 at 11:03 PM

Just swinging along, singing a song....

Posted by: pat palmer | 19 August 2018 at 11:35 PM

"Are you going to eat that?"

Posted by: Nicole Murray | 20 August 2018 at 09:33 AM

My dragon and I against the king of scorpions, or: Let's smash that vermin!

Posted by: Irina Rau | 20 August 2018 at 01:40 PM

Have a heart - it's only a teensy little dragon.

Posted by: Pam | 20 August 2018 at 04:59 PM

I thought the dragon was kind of cute, but she comes with baggage.

Posted by: Martha Sherwood | 20 August 2018 at 05:06 PM

"Try it," he told me."It won't give you hallucinations, I promise..."

Posted by: Alun B | 20 August 2018 at 05:22 PM

“Of course you can take Beasty for a walk...I’m off to Todd’s to make some pies”

Posted by: Peter Eley | 20 August 2018 at 05:38 PM

It;s easy - 1 2 3 KICK 1 2 3 KICK

Posted by: liz read | 21 August 2018 at 12:12 AM

I wish they would make these homeopathic ingredients easier to find...

Posted by: R Russo | 21 August 2018 at 09:16 AM

Doctor: Are you coughing anything up?
Patient: Yes. A scorpion and a dragon.

Posted by: Anne S | 21 August 2018 at 12:06 PM

What idiot "drained the swamp?"

Posted by: Marvin Sager | 23 August 2018 at 08:44 PM

shall we have it fried or boiled? and do you want chips and baked beans with it?

Posted by: jools brown | 28 August 2018 at 12:23 PM

Hey Man! Don't kill us. Kill the cruelty that resides in you humans.

Posted by: Farzina Naznin | 19 September 2018 at 11:48 AM

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