Vulgar words in Illuminated Manuscripts (Page 1)
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Here it will be necessary to explain that _caudex_, _codex_, in Latin, meant a block of wood, and had its humorous by-senses among the Roman dramatists, as the word block has among ourselves, such as blockhead.
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Bastard, Aug. _Librairie de Jean de France duc de Berry...illustrée des plus belles miniatures de ses MSS., etc._ Folio.