The Smithfield Decretals & The Maastricht Hours
Killer Rabbit
Themes & interpretation: Comic reversal of hunter and prey
Armed rabbits and hares turn the usual relationship between hunter and prey upside down in medieval marginal art. The Smithfield Decretals contain a sequence in which rabbits capture, try and execute a hunter. Such images invite comic and satirical readings, but a specific reference to peasant revolt should not be assumed.
Sources & Provenance
No illumination available.
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