Little Red Riding Hood in Medieval Illuminations

    Fig 1: Antichrist  Germany ca 1460 München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Fig 2 (above): Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, 0165, detail of f. 026v. Graduel festif à l’usage de Notre-Dame la Riche de Tours. 16th/17th century

                                         Fig 3/4 (above): Bayerische StaatsBibliothek. Rudolf :Weltchronik in Versen - Mischhandschrift aus Christ-herre-Chronik 1370

Fig 5 : Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 64, fol. 297r, La fleur des histoires by Jean Mansel, 15th century (1450-1480), Flemish

The symbolism and iconography of red clothing, in particular capes and a demon, a hairy wolfish character, is present in many medieval illuminations. In the Ark illumination of 1370 (Fig 3/4) in particular we have the wolf /devil figure tricking his way onto the ark shielded behind a young maiden dressed in red. Then in (Fig 5) La fleur des histoires by Jean Mansel, (1450-1480) we have a hairy demon in a ladies bed chamber.
To my mind these illuminations only strengthen the claims of  Jan Ziolkowski that Little Red Riding Hood has many more historic medieval links in printed literature than modern folklorists usually admit or anyone of us would dare to imagine.
This is a story historically embedded in our society.

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Fig 1: Antichrist  Germany ca 1460 München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 
http://discardingimages.tumblr.com/post/97706313533/the-headless-goatriders-antichrist-germany-ca
Fig 2 : Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, 0165, detail of f. 026v. Graduel festif à l’usage de Notre-Dame la Riche de Tours. 16th/17th century 
http://demonagerie.tumblr.com/post/74987081026/amiens-bibliotheque-municipale-0165-detail-of
Fig 3,4: Bayerische StaatsBibliothek. Rudolf :Weltchronik in Versen - Mischhandschrift aus Christ-herre-Chronik 1370 
http://medieval.tumblr.com/post/108778950660/demonagerie-bayerische-staatsbibliothek-rudolf
Fig 5 : Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 64, fol. 297r, La fleur des histoires by Jean Mansel, 15th century (1450-1480), Flemish

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