In a book of papal decreatals dated 300 A.D., there is apparentely also a strange figure resembling the famous Master Jedi.
A medieval manuscript that dates 300 A.D contains the drawing of a subject that resembles Yoda, one of the most famous figure from the sci-fi Star Wars saga. In Star Wars, Yoda is one of the most powerful and famous Jedi in history, resembling a little green monster with pointed ears. His character appears for the first time in the movie Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, in 1980. More then 600 years prior to the movie, a very similar figure was drawn in a volume now property of the British Library, the most famous national library in Britain. The volume includes the Smithfield Decreatals, a series of decreatals issued by Pope Gregory the IX, inclusive of "commentaries" (margin notes) of a certain Bernardo di Parma. According to the British Library, the Smithfiled Decreatals, were written in the south of France between the years 1300 and 1340. The Smithfield Decreatals drawing was recently shown in a article aboout "medieval monsters" written by Julian Harrison in the blog Medieval Manuscripts, housed by the British Library web site. Interviewed by NPR, Harrison affirms that "he would like to say that the figure really is Yoda, or perhaps was drawned by a time traveller: but the truth he says it's just a biblical historical illustration of Sanson (even though the artist has used a lively imagination). Sanson is a very powerful biblical hero, of which the story is described in the book "Book of Judges". Harrison has however explained exactly how his story is connected with the figure that resembles Yoda. Article Source: http://www.ilpost.it/2015/04/17/yoda-manoscritto-medievale/ Article Source: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/04/ten-things-to-know-about-medieval-monsters.html Blog Source: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/
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