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jothelibrarian: Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is death on a cow! From a book of hours illustrated by French artist Jean Poyer sometime around 1500, it’s another fascinating book from the collections of the Walters Museum. What a place it must be! So many remarkable manuscripts all in one place. Image source: Walters Museum MS W.430. Released into the public domain, with the description Creative Commons licensed. All via Wikimedia Commons. You can meet Death on a cow,You can meet Death anyhow.You can meet Death on a bull,You can meet Death while in school.You can meet Death on an ass,You can meet Death when saying Mass.You can meet Death with a chicken,You can meet Death and die kickin’.…

jothelibrarian:

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is death on a cow! From a book of hours illustrated by French artist Jean Poyer sometime around 1500, it’s another fascinating book from the collections of the Walters Museum. What a place it must be! So many remarkable manuscripts all in one place.

Image source: Walters Museum MS W.430. Released into the public domain, with the description Creative Commons licensed. All via Wikimedia Commons.

You can meet Death on a cow,
You can meet Death anyhow.
You can meet Death on a bull,
You can meet Death while in school.
You can meet Death on an ass,
You can meet Death when saying Mass.
You can meet Death with a chicken,
You can meet Death and die kickin’.
…

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