Picture from a medieval manuscript: A light checked cat with green-yellow eyes is sitting on a green platform ans plays a bagpipe. The cat has long narrow paws with claws and a long slim tail. The ears are round and small and the cat is sticking out his toungue while playing.
You like my tune?
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.282, f. 133v (15th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat playing psaltery.
Rockstar.
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS H.7 f. 62v (15th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: The margins decorated with a border of foliate and floreate ornament, inhabited by a white cat drawn lightly possibly chased by dog. It is jumping through the ornaments.
Jumpy.
Ms: Morgan, MS M.1004, f. 36v (15th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A white cat with a mouse in its mouth. It has a pointed ear and is surrounded by floral ornaments.
A little snack.
Ms: New York, Morgan, M.63, f. 72r (15thc.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray stiped cat observing.
Observing.
Ms: New York, Morgan, M.149, f. 1r (14th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A black and a white cat are hunting mice while a orange one is licking itself.
There is always that third one.
Ms: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, f. 35v (13th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture of a medieval manuscript: The image shows an open medieval manuscript with two facing pages written in dense, dark ink on aged parchment. On the left side (f. 1v) is the poem about the cat, on the right side (f. 2r) are astrology tables.
Pangur Bán, a 9th century poem about a white cat, named Pangur.
“Practice every day has made /
Pangur perfect in his trade.”
Ms: St. Paul im Lavanttal, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 86b/1, f. 1v (9th c.)
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A white cat with a collar sits at a set table and is served by four black dogs.
Dinner is being served.
Ms: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 302, f. 210r (15th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat and a white dog are fighting.
Playmates.
Ms: London, British Library, Add 29433, f. 20r (15th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A blue cat stalking a mouse of the same color.
Sneaky.
Ms: London, British Library, Additional 62925, f. 60r (13th c.). #medievalcat
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat with a fiddle
The Gray Fiddler
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.179, f. 44v (15th c.). #medievalcat
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A white cat with a striped tail runs to the left edge of the picture and looks back over its shoulder.
On the run.
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS G.24, f. 42r (14th c.). #medievalcat
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A blue cat in a kitchen sleeps or cleans itself by a fire, a black cat tries to catch a bird in a cage, and a another blue cat hunts a mouse by some bread loaves, all under a dark-blue sky with stars and moons.
Business as usual.
Ms: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 51r (13th c.).
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat is licking itself.
Licking.
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.1004, f. 125v (15th c.)
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat with dark spots and a golden collar walk from right to left, looking around for a white dog with a golden collar with little bells on it running behind her. Both walk through undergrowth.
Follow me.
Ms: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 62, f. 51v (15th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A brown cat sits in a golden window frame, gazing out into the blue starry sky.
Stargazing.
Ms: Cambridge, Trinity College Library, R.14.9, f. 100r (13th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A grey cat plays the organ
The organist.
Ms: Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.438, f. 161v (15th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A blue cat sitting
Just sittin’ here, feelin’ blue.
Ms: London, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 60v (13th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat with white-brown color gradient in the fur, the tail is light brown ringed. She is crouching on a flower tendril with her upper body raised, a fiddler is standing nearby.
Dancing time.
Ms.: New York, Morgan, MS G.24, f. 32r (15th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A brown cat pulls a thread from a person sitting in a chair
Gimme that!
Ms: Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.759, f. 169r (13th c.).
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A gray cat and a gray dog sitting on a bench, between them is an open book.
Reading Session.
Ms: Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale 016, f. 23r (15th c.).
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Image from a medieval manuscript: A man in an orange shirt holds a white cat by its paws. The cat tries to escape.
Lemme go!
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.919, f. 143v (15th c.).
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The Medievalcats homepage also aims to encourage further projects and research—and to help make them happen! The “Research” category therefore includes a relevant Zotero bibliography, a section for your own articles (coming soon!), and a blog: medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/research/.
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat is spying
Spying.
Ms: New York, Morgan MS M.79, f. 60v (12th c.).
... the cat timeline (medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/timeline/), and, last but not least, the cat quiz (medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/quiz/)!
Of course, all cats used are described in our Cat-alogue (medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cat-alogue/)!
The Medievalcats homepage is intended to serve as a platform for student projects. The first projects, developed last semester, are already online: the annotation page (medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/annotation/), ...
Picture from a medieval manuscript: Four cats in different colours hunting mice.
The Gang.
Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.81, f. 46v (12th c.).
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You can find out more about the different approaches and roles of the various social media channels on the overview page: medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/social-media/
Medievalcats has been present on various social media platforms from the very beginning. All channels are now combined on the homepage. And two student projects, Instagram and TikTok, have been added for the relaunch!
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A white cat with a mouse in its mouth.
I can haz food?
Ms: London, British Library, Stowe 17, f. 129v (14th c.).
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