I said in my profile that if I was given books they wouldn't be read for a while because I have a LOT of reading to do, so of course they send me a 700 page novel and a book of medieval art! Also included was a dagger that was too small for me, but that was easily regifted to Romeball ("est ornate but ego can use").

In all seriousness, these were excellent choices. I read the first chapter of the novel and liked it a lot, but I really don't have the time to read something that long at the moment. The art book is short, educational, and entertaining! I love manuscripts (I have an illustration from the Codex Seraphinianus tattooed on my back), and having a gallery with accompanying explanations is like visiting a museum exhibit without having to put a shirt on. Both books are part of a series, and I'll probably be buying other volumes from both in the future.

I've included Romeball here because it arrived only a few days before my Middle Ages gift and thought it would be cute with the dagger, and also because I couldn't think of anywhere else to post it. Thanks for the Romeball /u/brianfrommalden, and thanks to whoever got me these Middle Ages gift, whoever you age!