Defecating and urinating marginal figures
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 47). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Spread only
Date or witness: c.1350–1500 in the cited examples
Region: Northern France/Belgium and Paris
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1350 CE to 1500 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
Morgan MS G.24 f.3v shows a man simultaneously urinating and defecating into jugs; f.33r shows a bound man defecating into a bowl. Related scatological figures recur in Book of Hours MS H.5, c.1500.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
Scatological marginal scenes recur in several dated manuscripts.
What remains uncertain
The available witnesses show book-art transmission; they do not establish grassroots production or reception of a particular shared template.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria