All posts by Madeleine S. Killacky
Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. To “doodle” means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling haphazard words, squiggly lines and mini-drawings, however, is a much older practice and its presence in…