I heard that some abbot wrote that you should choose the dullest, least intelligent monks to be scribes since it's just copying other's work over and over again. I'm not surprised some of them got a little bored.
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Slipped in a self portrait after drinking the ink
That dude was probably laughing his ass off while drawing it too.
Dudes enjoying himself. Look at him all bricked up
Probably a codpiece. Speaking of which, we should bring those back. They were dope.
Look at this ridiculous thing.

From The Songbook of Zeghere van Male (16th century)
Thanks! There’s some real gems in there

That guy's like, "This is my life now, having a bird eternally biting my dick."