The 'medieval Yoda'
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 116). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Insufficient evidence
Date or witness: Smithfield Decretals c.1300–1340
Region: Manuscript made in southern France; marginal illustrations added in London
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1300 CE to 1340 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
A pointed-eared figure in the Samson illustration cycle resembles the modern Star Wars character and circulates under a 'medieval Yoda' label.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
The manuscript figure is authentic and resembles a modern fictional character to modern viewers.
What remains uncertain
The Yoda identity and joke are wholly modern; this is not evidence of a medieval transmitted cultural item.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria