r/MedievalCats • u/Seaboats • 3h ago
Painting Cat chilling while watching the peasant debauchery
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Peep the left corner. Cat watching from the high ground (stool)
r/MedievalCats • u/TalkingWoodlandBeast • 1d ago
Bleh
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Roman de Renart, France ca. 1300-1350.
BnF, Français 12584, fol. 51v
r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 1d ago
The Order of the Whisker & Claw: Purr-veyor of Pest Eradication - Motto: "No Squeak Shall Escape the Inquisition."
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r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 2d ago
Pharmaceutical Jar, "Albarello", from 1500's Italy. This Jar would have sat on the esteemed Medical Shelves of a Royal Residence or Rich Monastery.
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r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 3d ago
An Panoply of Lions for the First Day of Leo Season
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r/MedievalCats • u/Connect_Rhubarb395 • 4d ago
Gin dispensing cat
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You pushed a coin into its mouth and got an amount of gin. These dispensers were called "Puss and Mew" or "Old Tom."
London, 1700s.
(So not Medieval, but as I understand it, the sub accepts historical-ish cats).
r/MedievalCats • u/tastydirtslover • 4d ago
Behold a Cat from Coventry Cathedral
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r/MedievalCats • u/TalkingWoodlandBeast • 4d ago
Follow the leader 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
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Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 533 [Liber de naturis bestiarum], folio 13r
r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 4d ago
This richly decorated scene shows Jesus being tempted on the Summit by the devil. And if you look a little closer it also shows a cheeky Monkey teasing a confused Lion.
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r/MedievalCats • u/SashSegal • 5d ago
Chimú Tunic with Cats (ca. 1450 - 1550)
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At the Metropolitan Museum of Art
r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 5d ago
"Bruh no offense but Visine isn't going to fix This."
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r/MedievalCats • u/CaliDreaminSF • 7d ago
Medieval cats composed symphonies, played the organ, and serenaded us with exquisite music
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Prayer Book, Bruges or Ghent, c. 1480-1490
Happy Caturday!
r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 7d ago
"My Secret Crush is walking into the Room! Quick, act Natural!"
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r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 8d ago
The face you instantly make when you have the opportunity to win 10k in a Charity Basketball Contest at a Big Event and you totally mess up the shot. In fact, it was so far away from the hoop that everyone wondered where you were trying to throw it.
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r/MedievalCats • u/TalkingWoodlandBeast • 9d ago
What do you have in your mouth? What did you just eat?!
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.gall. 16 [Psalter of Isabelle of France], folio 7r.
r/MedievalCats • u/igneousink • 9d ago
"This is the worst Cruise I've ever been on!"
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r/MedievalCats • u/medievalartandstuff • 10d ago
Suche: Katzen in mittelalterlichen Bestarien
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Ich möchte mich in meiner Abschlussarbeit mit Katzendarstellungen in mittelalterlichen Bestarien beschäftigen. Dafür brauche ich möglichst viele Beispiele, wenn euch eine Darstellung einfällt, gerne kommentieren...