bēag-wīse

bēag-wīse, f.n: circular shape. (BAY-ahg-WEE-zuh / ˈbeːag-ˌwiː-zə)

A smiley face in a medieval manuscript appears to float up towards the text in a balloon.
Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas; France, main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century; Conches-en-Ouche, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7, f. 62r. [portail.biblissima.fr]

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