Marginalia c. 1338–1344
Romance of Alexander
f. 70r
A rabbit rides a hound and hunts a man with a bow and arrow. The man flees into the forest on all fours while the rabbit nocks a second arrow.
Scholarly Interpretation
Role-reversal hunts are among the most common marginal subjects. The rabbit-hunter represents the social inversion fantasy of medieval carnival, where the powerless momentarily rule.
from the margins of the medieval world