What's up with the weird art in the margins of medieval manuscripts? Is it even related to the content of the text?

by TheMadeline

Here's a lil album of some margin art I found from a quick google search if you need some context: https://imgur.com/a/Am9rbdE

I have so many questions. I'm seeing a lot of weird animals and a lot of butts. I'd imagine a lot of these manuscripts are religious in nature, so why the butts and giant snails?

When_Ducks_Attack

There is, of course, the potential for much more to be said, but this has been asked before in this now-legendary thread.