The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it showcases how the artists had to use every ounce of their imagination and stylistic skills to draw animals and monsters they may or may not have seen with their own two eyes. The results? Often incredibly bizarre but undeniably entertaining.
Our team at Bored Panda has collected some of the finest specimens of peculiar medieval art from every nook and cranny on the internet. We’ve found some of the strangest renditions of real animals and mythical creatures to confuse and amuse you, Pandas, so scroll down to check them out.
#1 My Favorite Picture I Took At The Louvre. I Call It "Freaked Out Lion Is Getting His Nails Done"
Image credits: henryrollinsismypup
#2 A Dog Riding A Bunny Spear-Fighting A Bunny Who Is Riding A Snail With The Head Of Rick Rubin
Image credits: Familiar_Big3322
#3 Pigs vs. Elephants, France, 1420-1425
Image credits: discarding_imgs
#4 Medieval Paintings Of Cats Are Weird
Image credits: PuggoKing97
#5 Seems Like Lions Had More Character Back In The Day
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#6 He Looks So Careless
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#7 Medieval Goofy?
Image credits: FleurMacabre
#8 Hare Riding A Hound With A Trained Snail Of Prey, Before 1390
Image credits: innuendoPL
#9 Weird Medieval Bat
Image credits: kantun_15
#10 Someone Tried To Paint A Catfish
Image credits: zoruasaurus
#11 Medieval Boar With Pants
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#12 They Definitely Knew How A Dog Looked Like
Image credits: theb00gieman
#13 Adorable Bats
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#14 Lion, France, 15th Century
Image credits: discarding_imgs
#15 A Snail By Jacob Van Maerlant
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#16 Cats' Life During Medieval Times
Image credits: reddit.com
#17 Medieval Garfield Looking For Lasagna
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#18 Love Depictions Of Lions From Countries That Clearly Don't Have Lions
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#19 Looks Like A Demon. Kind Of Like Cats Are Now
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#20 Someone Getting An Elephant Shrew Described To Them?
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#21 At Least They Tried To Depict A Frog
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#22 An Elephant Protecting Her Baby From A Dragon, 14th Century
Image credits: red_loeb
#23 This Elephant With A Tornado Trunk By Jacob Van Maerlant
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#24 This Beaver With A Fish Tail
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#25 Lion, England, 1390-1460
Image credits: GawkyLions
#26 Medieval Oyster
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#27 Medieval Monkeys Being Medieval Bros With A Medieval Kitten
Image credits: QRP1940
#28 This Leopard That's Clearly Distraught Over His Misrepresentation
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#29 Medieval Human Dogs
Image credits: lafondathepoet
#30 A Whale, 13th Century
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#31 This Owl With A Human Face
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#32 Looks Like Pug Dog
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#33 Lion, Belgium, 14th Century
Image credits: weirdmedievalguys
#34 Why Do Medieval Cats Look Like Fully Grown Adults?
Image credits: JustzaneYT
#35 Leopard, England, 13th Century
Image credits: discarding_imgs
#36 Four Rats Rowing A Little Boat In The 14th Century France
Image credits: archaeologyart
#37 From The Cover Of My Medieval Literature Textbook
Image credits: Feyrahel
#38 Elephants In Late 13th Century
Image credits: Youngstown_Mafia
#39 Wild Cats In 15th Century, France
Image credits: discarding_imgs
#40 Medieval Frog
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#41 The Best Depiction Of Ants
Image credits: archaeologyart
#42 Snails On A Ladder. France, Circa 1320
Image credits: Discarding Images
#43 A Chorus Line Of Camels
Image credits: BLMedieval
#44 This 15th Century Drawing Of A Greyhound Is An Undisputed Masterclass In Stylisation
Image credits: WeirdMedieval
#45 Wild Cats, 1485
- You Might Also Like: 26 Of The Most Interesting Examples Of The “Butterfly Effect” Happening In History
Image credits: discarding_imgs
