Original image
the cover art was inspired by:
Meister
Heinrich Teschler
The Manesse Codex, Germany. early 14th century.
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Chapter 1.
How To Know If You're Having It.
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Bonus image 00
Eve and the Virgin Mary together in the garden of Eden
15th century. |
Image 8. Mathilde Standing with Hands Raised in Prayer.
Helmarshausen Psalter, Germany.
Walters Ex Libris. Manuscript W.10, folio 6v. |
Image 9a. A woman in a barbette and wimple holds up
a jar.
Marginalia, Book of Hours,
Walters Ex Libris, Manuscript W. 87, folio 60v. |
Image 10. Historiated initial C with a ravished virgin
marrying her assailant.
Gratian's Decretum,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W.133 |
Image 11 Monkey with a urine flask
Marginalia from the Macclesfield Psalter.
East Anglia. probably Norwich, England. c.1330-1340.
MS1-2005. Getty Images |
Image 12 Mandrake Male
Hortus Sanitatus.
Wellcome Collection. CC BY. |
Image 13. Historiated initial C showing a woman seeking
an annulment
after being deceived into marrying a man in the guise
of her suitor.
Gratiums Decretum.
Walters Manuscript.W.133, folio 263r. |
Image 14 Nun with a book and crozier.
Marginalia from a Book of Hours,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W. 87, folio 102v. |
Image 15. Baby taken by a wild animal.
Marginalia from an Incomplete Book of Hours.
Walters Ex Libris. Manuscript W. 87, folio 34r. |
Image 16. A woman disposes of her newborn child in the
lavatory.
The Legend of the woman having three children by her
uncle.
The Hague. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 71 A 24. Folio 176r. |
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Chapter 2
Where to find out about it
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Image 17. A monk receives a book.
Initial F with Presentation. Beaupre Antiphony, Volume
3.
Walters Ex Libris. W.761. folio fol. 207v |
Image 18a. Adam and Eve in the Garden.
The lady-headed snake has her hair modestly constrained
in a hairnet whilst Eve has hers out.
Early 14th century Book of Hours, France.
Walters Ex Libris. W.90. folio 20r. |
Image 19 Virgin Mary, an unrealistic role model.
Stein Quadriptych, Assumption of the Virgin from the
The Stein Quadriptych
which was likely created in Bruges and it has been attributed
to Simon Bening and associates, ca. 1525-30.
Walters Ms. W.442.A-D, Stein Quadriptych.
The Digital Walters: https://www.thedigitalwalters.org
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Image 21. Sexual unions with non-human forms, like the
fathering of Alexander the great by a human mother
and a Dragon for a father was not the only incident
of demon sex in medieval times.
The Birth of Alexander the Great.
Walters Ex Libris. Manuscript W. 307, folio 132v. |
Image 22. Nun picking penises from the penis tree illustrated
how lusty and unchaste nuns were.
Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume and Lorris
BNF. FRANCAIS 25526. Folio.CVI. Cadrage Left. |
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24. Reproduction of a Secular badge.
A crowned vulva riding a horse with a flagellant's whip
and crossbow.
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Chapter 3
Sex: You're doing it wrong
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Image 25. The Church recommended no sex whilst breastfeeding.
The Virgin and Child,
Book of Hours, Walters Manuscript Gallery. W 428, folio
211v. |
Image 25a. Bonus image! Lustful sex for fun without
procreation was the work of the devil.
Bible moralisee, France, 15th century.
BnF, Français 166, folio 139r. |
Image 26. Man at a feast eating fish.
Psalter and Office of the Dead,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W. 117, folio 3r. |
Image 27. Portrait of the Venerable Bede, who had a
lot of advice about procreation.
Capital Initial from a Homilary,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W. 148, folio 3v. |
Image 27a. Detail of a Man and nun standing up to have
sex,
one of the forbidden positions for sexual congress.
BNF. FRANCAIS 25526. Folio CXI. Right side. |
Image 28. Birthing a child.
Birth of the Virgin, Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W. 174, folio 204v. |
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Chapter 4
Kissing and telling: Church Confessionals and What We
Learn
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Image 29. Detail of a Bishop from a Hymnal,
Walters Manuscript Gallery. W. 547, folio 220v. |
Image 30. Two women kneeding bread in the dough trough.
Book of Hours, Flanders. early 14th century.
Walters Ex Libris. W.88, folio 15r. |
Image 31.A Woman and her son at a Fish market,
Initial M with Annumciation.
Beaupre Antiphonary, Volume 1,
Walters Ex Libris, Manuscript W. 759, folio 108r. |
Image 32. Man with a book and eel.
Marginalia from an Incomplete Book of Hours,
Walters Ex Libris, Manuscript W. 87, folio 20v. |
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Chapter 5
Getting Physical
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Image 33. Oversexed women bonus image
Saint Paul the Hermit Sees a Christian Tempted (who
bites of his tongue and spits it in the face of the
temptress)
Belles Heures of Jean de France, folio 191r:
Limbourg brothers, Date circa 1405-1409
Met Museum. Open Access. |
Image 34. Examining the penis.
Historiated
initial Q showing a canonist hearing the case of
an impotent man whos wife left him but returned.
Gratian's Decretum.
Walters Ex Libris. W.133, folio 277r. |
Image 35 Ten virgin saints,
Book of Hours with Premonstratensian connections,
Walters Ex Libris. Manuscript W. 215, folio 68v. |
Image 36. Copper alloy tweezers The Gilbert Collection |
Image 37. Bathsheba at her bath observed by King David.
Book of Hours, Bruges. ca. 1500.
Walters Ex Libris. W.428, folio 132v. |
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Chapter 6
Sexy Foods And How To have Them
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Image 38 garden
nasturtium.
According to the Doctorine of Signatures, plants which
looked like body parts were thought to assist with them,
therefore the wrinkly dried seeds which look like little
scrotums, must be of benefit in sexual matters. |
Image 40a. Detail of a bear. King David penitent,
Hours of Duke Adolph of Cleves, Walters Manuscript W
439, fol 204v |
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Chapter 7
How To get Pregnant
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Image 41 Virgin and child
Homilary_German_early14th_W148_000129_fol63r |
Image 41a. Examining the genitals. Bonus image |
Image
42. Doctor examines a urine flask
Psalter Hours Ghent. Dated between 1315-1325
Walters Art Gallery. W. folio75v
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43. Violets.
Initial O revering the virgin of Humility and Child.
Hours of the Duke Adolph of Cleves.
Walters Ex Libris. W.439. Folio 80v.
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Image 44. St Margaret issuing from dragon.
Book of Hours with Premonstratensian connections,
Walters Ex Libris. W.215, folio 67r. |
Image 45 Virgin Breastfeeding
Hours of Duke Adolph of Cleaves
Walters Ex Libris. W.439, folio 14r. |
Image 45a bonus image
This shows one style of surcote used for breastfeeding,
with little buttons which secure a flap
which lowers for access to the breast. A very practical
garment.
We can tell it's not a kirtle by the sleeves underneath
it which attach to a kirtle underneath.
S. Netherlands [Bruges], France, probably Valenciennes.
Dated 1485 - 1490.
British Library. |
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Chapter 8
How To Be Not Pregnant
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Image 46. Prayer is unlikely to prevent pregnancy.
Marginalia of a woman at prayer.
Book of Hours. Early 14th century, France.
Walters Ex Libris. W.90. folio 135v. |
Image 47a. Cat with Drum.
Book of Hours. c. 1300.
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
MS.102, folio 78v. |
Image 48. St Augustine.
Book of Hours, Cambria. 1450 - 1460.
Walters Ex Libris. W.240. folio 330v. |
Image 49. Illicit union of a woman and a priest.
Hague KB. 71A 24, folio 14r. |
Image 49a Bonus Extra Image!
Beware lest a demon lie with you, willingly or unwillingly.
Historie de Merlin. dated 1450.
Note: Some very nice hem embroidery on the bed coverlet! |
Image 50. Marginalia nun.
Initial A with the resurrection and the Three Marys
at the Tomb.
Beaupre antiphonary. Volume 1.
Walters Art Gallery. W. 759. folio 18. |
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Chapter 9
Forbidden Love
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Image 51. Brooches were an acceptible lover's gift.
Silver Gilt Fleur-de-lys Sexfoil Brooch with fleur-de-lis
terminals.
Area
of Origin: Normandy, France. Dated to 1250-1350.
The Gilbert Collection. Item BR01. |
Image 53. Woman at the Tower.
Marginalia, Book of Hours,
Walters Manuscript. W. 277, Folio 75r. |
Image 54. A man and a woman have relations out of doors.
The Decameron. 15th century.
Décaméron, Un bon petit diable, Troisième
journée, nouvelle 10.
Ms-5070. réserve, folio 137v. Bibliothèque
nationale de France.
Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital
ID btv1b7100018t/f288.item |
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Chapter 10
Strumpettes and Where To Find Them
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Image 57. Women working at a bathhouse
Psalter Hours, made in Ghent. Dated 1315_1325.
Walters Art Gallery. W82, folio 100r.
Note: Very interesting window cover? |
Image 58a. The Prodigal Son At A Brothel
Manuscript Ludwig XV 9. folio 1060.
Getty Images. |
Image 59 Bathing with a friend. And snacks.
Image details not known. Credit given when known. |
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Chapter 11
Sex and How To Avoid it
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Image 60. Woman holding candle for Candlemas.
Psalter, with added Office of the Dead and litany.
Walters Ex Libris. MS. W. 35, folio1v. |
Image 61. Funeral.
Book of hours Jean de Wavrin. Flanders. 1470.
Walters Ex Libris. W.267, folio 86r. |
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Chapter 12
When There's An Itch To Scratch
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Image 63. The Three Magi at the Stable.
Book of Hours of Jean de Wavrin. Flanders. 1470.
Walters Ex Libris . W.267, folio 65r. |
Image 64. Initial D detail. A Nun Feeding a Leper in
Bed.
Psalter, about 1275–1300, unknown artist, made
in Engelberg, Switzerland.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig VIII 3 83.MK.94,
folio 43. |
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Chapter 13
Girls on Girls
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Image 65. Women kissing and embracing.
Carrow Psalter
Walters Ex Libris. W.34. folio 23r. |
Image 65a. bonus women kissing
manuscript details go here
Source unknown |
Image 66. bonus
A woman with a fish chasing her cat with a dildo.
The jester holds a pair of underpants, and the woman's
rosary had penis icon on it instead of a cross.
This depiction is found in the Rijkmuseum in Netherlands,
artist unknown |
Image 67. Three female souls in purgatory.
Book of hours.
Walters Art Gallery. Manuscript. W.168, folio |
Image 68. Winged phallus badge.
Reproduction made in pewter. |
Chapter 14
Dual Nature. Intersex Persons
Please
note that terms used in the captions are those
used in the manuscripts
and do not reflect the correct modern terminology.
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Image 69a. Illustration of a hermaphrodite (intersex
person.)
The manuscript is attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the
Problems of Opposites in Alchemy.
Aurora consurgens. 15th century.
Wiki Commons |
Image 69b. Statue of Hermaphroditus.
Roman. Dated 200-300CE.
Currently housed in the Louvre Museum. |
Image 70. Detail from The Naked Bearded-Woman of Limerick
and the Naken Man-Ox of Wicklow.
Topographia Hibernica, Gerald of Wales. ca. 1196-1223.
The British Library. London. Royal 13 B. viii. folio
19. |
Image 71. Wilgefortis
JRL1502655, from Latin MS 20 |
