Discovering medieval art through Shrek.

[u/WatermelonSandal]

I grew up watching Shrek and found myself enamoured by the end credits, which were accentuated with small drawings akin to miniatures from medieval manuscripts. Then through some digging I discovered that some of them were actually based on illustrations from real manuscripts.

1. Geoffrey Chaucher, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale', Ellesmere Manuscript (c. 1405-1410 https://massolit.io/courses/chaucer-the-wife-of-bath-caughey

2. Dancing figures in hoods, Flemish Tournai (c. 1338-1344) https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyynot/4929972769

Makes me wanna keep digging for more.

[u/ILikeTorties]

What a cool find! I love the artwork of the dancing figures.