My post The Snail and the Knight showed some fearsome medieval snails in various poses. Here, for your delight, are some more snails jousting and fighting their way through history.

All images are from Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the ‘Smithfield Decretals’) (France, S. (Toulouse?), Last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century).

A hybrid snail being ridden by hare, who is jousting a dog riding a hare,
shelfmark Royal 10 E IV f. 294

Man and snail, shelfmark Royal 10 E IV f.45

Man and snail, shelfmark Royal 10 E IV f.46v

Man & large snail, shelfmark Royal 10 E IV f.107

Two birds attacking a snail, shelfmark Royal 10 E IV f.112v

You may also be interested in the following posts with images from the British Library’s Medieval Manuscript collections:
– Images of Tudor people
– Wild Animals and Early modern England
– Images of the Devil in the Medieval/early-modern period
– Images of medieval cats
– Images of medieval cats – part 2
– Images of medieval dogs
– The Medieval Spinsters
– The sinful hermit
– The Snail and the Knight

Notes
All digital images from the British Library’s Online Images archive appear by courtesy of the British Library Board and may not be reproduced © British Library Board.