Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Medieval Entertainment



A new page from my book about Hieronymus Bosch. If the blind guys get to club the pig to death, they can have it and eat it. If they just club each other, they will have to go to bed without any bacon.
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8 comments:

alkbazz said...

waw! wonderful drawing!

March 20, 2013 at 5:20 AM
Dieter VDO said...

Yep, amazing! Very funny too.
Can't wait for that book!

March 20, 2013 at 5:44 AM
Marcel Ruijters said...

Dieter: the book is not going to happen before 2016, i'm affraid. :-)

That will be the Jheronimus Bosch year. (he died in 1516)

March 22, 2013 at 3:42 AM
Dieter VDO said...

Oh, okay...
In that case I'll wait patiently. ;-)

March 22, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Human Mollusk said...

Swell page, Marcel! And with your commentary to go with it it's even funnier.

March 22, 2013 at 3:15 PM
Marcel Ruijters said...

Thanks, but I am just stating the historical facts, FuFu!
Pigs would roam around in the filth of medieval cities. They were owned bij the city (stealing them could send you to the gallows, etc) and they were to be slaughtered at specific days, like Saint Martin's Day, the day on which this cruel game with the blind was held. For this reason they were given individual names referring to those holidays.

March 23, 2013 at 9:42 AM
alkbazz said...

after all this sounds a bit like tauromachie

March 28, 2013 at 5:46 AM
Marcel Ruijters said...

That's an interesting comparison, Alkbazz.

March 28, 2013 at 1:10 PM

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