The Psychotic Killer Bunny with an Axe by Unknown Artist - 14th century Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne The Psychotic Killer Bunny with an Axe by Unknown Artist - 14th century Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne

The Psychotic Killer Bunny with an Axe

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  • Unknown Artist Unknown Artist 14th century

Unfortunately, this amazing medieval masterpiece has no title. Among scientists it is known from its official library address: "Paris, Bibl. de la Sorbonne, ms. 0121, f. 023," which says nothing to any normal human being. But as we can see it is a rabbit holding an axe. Why on earth was it painted on a very expensive, luxurious item such as a medieval manuscript? It is unknown but you must know one thing—medieval monks had a very interesting sense of humor. And they were probably bored to death while all they did was praying and rewriting books. Maybe because of that, they quite often added little somethings from themselves in so-called marginalia. In these margins, they have painted the upside-down world full of jokes, funny creatures, social caricatures, sex, and many other things. Killer rabbits were very popular as well. They had killer weapons, tortured human beings and dogs, rode on snails, and had combats. 

The bunny we present today is particularly vicious. Look how he smiles! Doesn't he remind you of Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicolson in Kubrick's The Shining? But in reality, he is just a regular psychotic rabbit from a medieval manuscript. 

P.S. Here are more of them. Beware!