BIG PICTURE THE DREISBERG WUNDERHORN In the Middle Ages, Gunther the Quizzer travelled the Holy Roman Empire, leaving copious notes and drawings of the strange sights he encountered. This extraordinary legacy of baffling, incoherent waffle was recently collected by Edinburgh-based artist Calum MacDonald, in a travelogue through medieval Europe titled Obscuropa. The story of the Wunderhorn (pictured above) is told for the first time in MacDonald’s book: ‘In an attempt to gain favour with his feudal Lord, a bard from the village of Plop sought to create an instrument that: “ . . . would produce such melodies as to make a Host of Angels weep . . . ” Thus was born the “Wunderhorn”, a medieval equivalent of the one-man-band.’ ■ Obscuropa by Cal MacDonald is available now from www.lulu.com, priced £10.