gærs-hoppa

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Hana Videen

gærs-hoppa, m.n: a grasshopper, locust.

Image: Detail of a grasshopper, from the Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile, Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1497, Additional MS 18851, f. 30r. From ‘Bugs in Books’ post on the British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts Blog.

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