Medieval Manuscript Cat Uses Weaponry Against Mice
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When tooth and claw just weren’t enough, medieval cats turned tohuman weaponry—at least as seen in this marginal painting in which a cat fires a bow and arrow at mice in a tower.The painting appears in a Book of Hours from southeast England(London).The date is c. 1320–1330.All images Public Domain, via theBritish Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts.
Detail (from lower left of above image) ofthree mice in their tower, with arrowjust about to hit.
Detail (from lower right of above image) oftabby cat notching another arrow in his bow.
When tooth and claw just weren’t enough, medieval cats turned tohuman weaponry—at least as seen in this marginal painting in which a cat fires a bow and arrow at mice in a tower.The painting appears in a Book of Hours from southeast England(London).The date is c. 1320–1330.All images Public Domain, via theBritish Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts.
Detail (from lower left of above image) ofthree mice in their tower, with arrowjust about to hit.
Detail (from lower right of above image) oftabby cat notching another arrow in his bow.
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