stackyFACTSLong before internet memes existed, cloistered monks were doodling absolute surrealist chaos to cope with the sheer boredom of copying Bibles.
Long before internet memes existed, cloistered monks were doodling absolute surrealist chaos to cope with the sheer boredom of copying Bibles. The blank margins of medieval illuminated manuscripts are completely filled with subversive, bizarre art. Their favorite recurring joke was reversing the natural order—depicting sweet, innocent rabbits wielding battle axes and longbows, mercilessly hunting down hounds, skinning hunters, and jousting with heavily armored knights.
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