I'm working on identifying the sources of the images I based these on. I don't have all of them yet (unfortunately) but I'll collect the ones here that I know for sure.
![](../bestiary/face_bird.png)
![](../bestiary/little_devil_guy.png)
14th century
![Weird unicorn](../bestiary/weird_unicorn.png)
15th century
![](../bestiary/sillyfrog.png)
15th century
![](../bestiary/batty.png)
13th century
A big thanks to Weird Medi-eval Guys (on twitter) for their work in this field.
PS. If you're interested in the art and history of illuminated manuscripts, check out indie narrative game Pentiment!