Cod-piece

Tags

British Library, cod-piece, Harley MS

(Harley MS 4431, fol  British Library)

 

 

A cod-piece

is hanging above

your bed, love.

Dogs of War

Tags

British Library, dogs of war, Harley MS, warmongers

(Harley MS 4751; British Library)

 

Warmongers –

either way you lose out

big time.

.

A Head Start

Tags

British Library, Harley MS, La Carolle in the Garden, Roman de la Rose

(3L Harley MS 4425, British Library.  Wikimedia Commons.

The Carolle in the Garden: Roman de la Rose; Master of the

Prayerbooks)

 

Yes, if you

want to get ahead,

wear a hat.

Blind Date

Tags

Blind Date, British Library, Roman de la Rose

(British Library MS 4425 Roman de la Rose)

 

There’s no chance

of having a blind

date round here.

Unwelcome Migrants

Tags

British Library, Harley MS, migrants

 

 

No, migrants

aren’t welcome here,

so go home.

Tabloid Tease

Tags

Boethius, British Library, Harley MS 4335, tabloid, The Daily Mirror

 

 

(Harley MS 4335; Boethius.  British Library)

 

Told my boss

‘The Daily Mirror’

was absorbing.

Nothing New Under the Sun

Tags

British Library, Luttrell Psalter, waterboarding

(Luttrell Psalter.  British Library MS 42130, 1325)

 

And you thought

waterboarding was

something new.

Factor 50

Tags

British Library, David and Bathsheba, Factor 50, Harley MS, suntan lotion

 

 

 

(British Library.  Harley MS 2863: David and Bathsheba)

 

May I rub

some sun tan lotion

onto you?

Alibi

Tags

British Library, Harley MS, Roman de la Rose, Zeuxis

 

The wife thinks

I’m at my art class.

Well, I am!

Handbags at Dawn

Tags

British Library, handbags, Harley MS

(Harley MS 4399 f22r  British Library)

 

I just said

that handbag could have

fed the poor.