In recent weeks, the "animal-manuscript" discussion has also appeared in print, with articles published in both Dutch and international Newspapers. The Toronto Review of Books re-posted the image stream to their website, and it can be viewed here. A Medieval cat literally walked through history, leaving its paw prints on a 15th-century Croatian manuscript, according to an historian. In response to this growing interest in medieval animals, Erik Kwakkel posted a series of "animal-themed" images to his Twitter photostream. To date, his post has been viewed over 22,000 times. Like the cat-paw manuscript tweet, Thijs's blogpost caught the attention of internet readers around the world. His post titled "Paws, Pee, and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts", recounts stories of animals interacting with medieval manuscripts. One particularly funny story (complete with an image) describes a manuscript that had been peed on by a medieval cat. NOS: "Kattenpoot op Eeuwenoud Manuscript"Ĭat-Themed Blogpost Proves Popular Among Readersįollowing the internet cat-paw sensation, Thijs Porck (Leiden University) was invited to write a guest-post on the project's manuscript blog, Medievalfragments.Gawker: "Cats Have Been Walking All Over Us For Centuries".The Daily Mail: "The Medieval Moggie Who Left His Mark on History".d - n my sister's cat's tail, if she has n't clewed up my fore - topsail so that a. The Appendix: "Of Cats and Manuscripts" (A blogpost from Emir Filipovic) When doctoral student Emir O Filipovi stumbled across the manuscript at the University of Sarajevo in Dubrovnik, Croatia, he found the mischievous cat’s paw prints that were apparently left behind before the ink on the manuscript had even dried. At last eleven chimed from the Old South, and the dress came home.Is Henry anything but a nuisance Will Pudding find a friend And why hasnt that Siamese got a name Find out in these light-hearted stories by three award-winning authors. Heres the blurb on Kindle : Three cool cats - three cool tales. National Geograhic: "Curious Cat Walks Over Medieval Manuscript" Cat Walks Hooray Three short stories about cats from the team here at HQ.To read more about the manuscript (and how it went viral), see the following links: Filipovic, who discovered it while working in the archives of Dubrovnik, became an instant sensation online, turning up on blogposts, Twitter newsfeeds, facebook, and flickr streams. The sharp-hoofd moose of the north, the cat on the house-sill, the chickadee, the prairie-dog. The image, originally sent to him by Emir O. by Archaeology Newsroom A A A While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, University of Sarajevo doctoral student Emir O. I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin. In February, Erik Kwakkel tweeted a picture of a medieval manuscript covered with inky paw prints. Learning how to walk a cat may seem impossible, but with proper supervision, patience, and consistency, you too can train your cat to walk on a leash.
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