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The Tübingen House Book is a 15th C German manuscript with numerous colored pen drawings owned by the University Library of Tübingen.This Illustration features an a human figure alongside depictions of the moon and sun, possibly related to astrological and medical beliefs of that Era.

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The Tübingen House Book is a 15th C German manuscript with numerous colored pen drawings owned by the University Library of Tübingen.This Illustration features an a human figure alongside depictions of the moon and sun, possibly related to astrological and medical beliefs of that Era.

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An Illustration of a longsword technique from the Codex Wallerstein, a 16th-century convolution of three 15th-century fechtbuch manuscripts, with a total of 221 pages. The codex is now housed at the Augsburg University library in Germany

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An Illustration of a longsword technique from the Codex Wallerstein, a 16th-century convolution of three 15th-century fechtbuch manuscripts, with a total of 221 pages. The codex is now housed at the Augsburg University library in Germany

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A illumination from Ms. Bodley 264, depicting a monk and his cat reading together. The 14th century CE manuscript was produced in Tournai, Belgium, and is now housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford

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A illumination from Ms. Bodley 264, depicting a monk and his cat reading together. The 14th century CE manuscript was produced in Tournai, Belgium, and is now housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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A marginal drawing of a seated tonsured man with a sore on his penis. From Liber Medicinarum, c. 1400-1425 CE, Sloane 56, f. 85v, now housed at the British Library in London

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A marginal drawing of a seated tonsured man with a sore on his penis. From Liber Medicinarum, c. 1400-1425 CE, Sloane 56, f. 85v, now housed at the British Library in London

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A German Manuscript Book of Prayer, also known as a Gebetbuch, produced 1828. Often produced at request for personal usage, these manuscripts vary with all sorts of delightful designs and colors, this example with over 50 beautifully hand colored colored initials.

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A German Manuscript Book of Prayer, also known as a Gebetbuch, produced 1828. Often produced at request for personal usage, these manuscripts vary with all sorts of delightful designs and colors, this example with over 50 beautifully hand colored colored initials.

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A Coptic magical text , 6th–7th century CE, from Egypt. Ink on papyrus, now part of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

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A Coptic magical text , 6th–7th century CE, from Egypt. Ink on papyrus, now part of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

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Book of Hours of the king of France Francis I. 1532-1538. Illuminated manuscript of 150 folios with 16 full-page miniatures. Cover with a carnelian intago that feature the Crucifixion of the Christ between Saint-Francis of Assisi and Saint-Jerome. Louvre museum, Paris, France.

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Book of Hours of the king of France Francis I. 1532-1538. Illuminated manuscript of 150 folios with 16 full-page miniatures. Cover with a carnelian intago that feature the Crucifixion of the Christ between Saint-Francis of Assisi and Saint-Jerome. Louvre museum, Paris, France.

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A miniature from the fol. 82v of the Book of Hours, depicting a hedgehog with grapes on its quills. It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children. From Paris, ca. 1420-1425 CE, now housed at the Morgan Library

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A miniature from the fol. 82v of the Book of Hours, depicting a hedgehog with grapes on its quills. It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children. From Paris, ca. 1420-1425 CE, now housed at the Morgan Library

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Japanese illustrations depicting various types of whales, created between 1603 and 1867 during Japan's Edo period. Currently part of the Kyushu University Museum collection

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Japanese illustrations depicting various types of whales, created between 1603 and 1867 during Japan's Edo period. Currently part of the Kyushu University Museum collection

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A restored mural depicting seven female figures with raised hands and exposed breasts, reassembled from numerous fragments. The mural, which had sunk in Lake Constance in Germany almost 6,000 years ago, is the oldest figurative wall painting north of the Alps

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A restored mural depicting seven female figures with raised hands and exposed breasts, reassembled from numerous fragments. The mural, which had sunk in Lake Constance in Germany almost 6,000 years ago, is the oldest figurative wall painting north of the Alps

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The "Great Comet" illustration from the Ottoman manuscript 'Secaatname', 1577 CE, Istanbul University Library

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The "Great Comet" illustration from the Ottoman manuscript 'Secaatname', 1577 CE, Istanbul University Library

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A medieval illumination from De proprietatibus rerum , depicting astronomers observing the earth. 15th century CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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A medieval illumination from De proprietatibus rerum , depicting astronomers observing the earth. 15th century CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Attic red-figure lid depicting three vulvae and a winged phallus. Origin unknown, c. 460–425 BC. Housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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Attic red-figure lid depicting three vulvae and a winged phallus. Origin unknown, c. 460–425 BC. Housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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Rosary Pendant from Germany, c.1520 CE: this pendant was created as part of a rosary, and it depicts four figures in various stages of decay; the phrases "love of the world," "I am going to die," "follow me," and "I am" are inscribed in Latin along the sides

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The Double Venus, also known as the Beauty and the Beast, is a carved serpentine pendant with a female representation back to back with that of an animal or a chimera. The illustration was made by Libor Balák in collaboration with the Czech Academy of Sciences. Italy, 22,000-17,000 BCE

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The Double Venus, also known as the Beauty and the Beast, is a carved serpentine pendant with a female representation back to back with that of an animal or a chimera. The illustration was made by Libor Balák in collaboration with the Czech Academy of Sciences. Italy, 22,000-17,000 BCE

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This 1000-year-old manuscript was created by about 16 scribes in a Benedictine abbey in Trier, Germany. They used gold ink to copy the text of the Gospels onto parchment that had been dyed with a plant-based purple pigment. Now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York

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This 1000-year-old manuscript was created by about 16 scribes in a Benedictine abbey in Trier, Germany. They used gold ink to copy the text of the Gospels onto parchment that had been dyed with a plant-based purple pigment. Now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York

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An illustration from a bible moralisée, a type of biblical illuminated manuscript accompanied by commentaries providing moral lessons, depicting homosexual relationships - c. 1220s A.D., Vienna.

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An illustration from a bible moralisée, a type of biblical illuminated manuscript accompanied by commentaries providing moral lessons, depicting homosexual relationships - c. 1220s A.D., Vienna.

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The Shrine of Miosach was crafted in the 11th c. in Clonmany, Ireland to contain religious manuscripts, though it was heavily reworked in the 16th c. The front features depictions of the crucifiction, Mary, and a variety of saints.

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The Shrine of Miosach was crafted in the 11th c. in Clonmany, Ireland to contain religious manuscripts, though it was heavily reworked in the 16th c. The front features depictions of the crucifiction, Mary, and a variety of saints.

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