The shirt reads: “Sir Otonin” — set beneath an illuminated manuscript panel with a drop capital.
In the panel, a queen in red touches a sword to a kneeling knight in plate armour. Where the knight’s crest should be, there is a serotonin molecule, hexagons and all, drawn with the OH and NH2 groups labelled.
Serotonin, knighted. The artwork commits entirely to the medieval bit, gold leaf and all, which is why the chemistry hiding in the helmet takes a second to spot. For neuroscience students, anyone on an SSRI with a sense of humour about it, and anyone who enjoys a pun that required this much effort.
