The similarity to Jedi Grand Master Yoda was recently highlighted by British Library curator Julian Harrison, who runs the Medieval Manuscripts blog. Harrison mentioned the drawing when he spoke to The Guardian about his job and the new popularity of illuminated manuscripts on the Web.
''The Yoda image comes from a 14th-century manuscript known as the Smithfield Decretals,'' Harrison said, after we reached out to the British Library.
''I'd love to say that it really was Yoda, or was drawn by a medieval time traveler,'' Harrison continued.
''It's actually an illustration to the biblical story of Samson - the artist clearly had a vivid imagination!''
The volume is also known as ''The Decretals of Gregory IX with gloss of Bernard of Parma,'' and it was created in southern France between 1300 and 1340. Decretals are collections of papal letters that compiled decisions (decrees) on church law and doctrine.
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