Some human behavior never change, such as the urge to doodle in the margin of a book.
See more doodles onErik Kwakkels blog.
A man and a woman engaged in a game of bowling, circa 1300.
Pen trials from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat.
c. 66 (15th century).
Doodle discovered in a 13th-century law manuscript (Amiens BM 347).
Conches, Bibliotheque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century).
800-year-old doodles found in a Missal, a book used during Holy Mass
Medieval dachshund.
Shark with Napoleon hat.
Paris, Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, MS 98.
Paris, Bibliotheque Mazarine, MS 3475 (15th century).
Whale doodles found in 19th century logbooks of whaling vessels.
(Left) Medieval rockstar.
London, British Library, Sloane MS 554.
(Right) Medieval air guitarist.
Amiens, Bibliotheque municipale, MS 220 (9th century).
Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL MS 111 I, 14th-century doodle.
Leiden, University Library, MS BPL 6 C (13th century).
