What is in this image? Describe it as if you were explaining it to someone from the 15th century.
You see an image of a whimsical creature, a fanciful creation not bound to the natural world. It might remind you of a tale from a bestiary or a storybook. This being has a large, rounded body resembling that of a stout man with an oversized head, and its skin might be thought of as the parchment color of a well-used scroll. It has two large, round eyes, comically wide, and a gaping mouth open as if it is singing or exclaiming, which brings to mind the jesters and performers from fairs. The creature has arms raised as if in mid-gesture, one considerably longer than the other, ending in fine, human-like hands. An adornment or perhaps a natural appendage, which could be likened to the striped tail of an exotic animal, extends from the rear of its body.Around this creature, there are also small markings floating that could be likened to the notes scribes mark on music sheets, suggesting this figure might be engaged in a merry song. This depiction is entirely playful, intended perhaps to amuse or decorate a lighter part of a tome or a chamber''s wall, much like the doodles that might populate the margins of a scribe''s work when the mind wanders into realms of fancy.