# Bizarre Medieval Marginalia (possibly NSFW)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931 "2012-10-16T20:51:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931/1 "2012-10-16T20:51:09Z")

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Monks got bored. Bored artists do shit. Ass trumpets are funny. Some things don’t change.

Link is spoilered:

[From Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/20-bizarre-examples-of-medieval-marginalia-1opu)

[More](http://www.gotmedieval.com/category/mmm-marginalia-2)

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931/2 "2012-10-16T21:56:51Z")

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Ok, I actually thought this, and the site, was kinda cool, thanks!

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**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931/3 "2012-10-17T00:58:16Z")

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Apparently some buttholes were higher up in those days.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-medieval-marginalia-possibly-nsfw/637931/4 "2012-10-17T19:10:31Z")

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The creative nosepicking is funny, as is the bagpipe one.