A short thread showing how cats have been walking over our stuff for 4000 years.
Starting with this 15th century manuscript from Dubrovnik, immortalised and enhanced by a Mediterranean kitty.
Left outside to dry, masonry materials often show signs of accidental intervention. One can find paw prints on clay tablets from the Ziggurat of Ur (21st century BCE), for example, and ancient Roman tiles (from around 0 CE) found in England.
Left outside to dry, masonry materials often show signs of accidental intervention. One can find paw prints on clay tablets from the Ziggurat of Ur (21st century BCE), for example, and ancient Roman tiles (from around 0 CE) found in England.
Left outside to dry, masonry materials often show signs of accidental intervention. One can find paw prints on clay tablets from the Ziggurat of Ur (21st century BCE), for example, and ancient Roman tiles (from around 0 CE) found in England.
Left outside to dry, masonry materials often show signs of accidental intervention. One can find paw prints on clay tablets from the Ziggurat of Ur (21st century BCE), for example, and ancient Roman tiles (from around 0 CE) found in England.
Left outside to dry, masonry materials often show signs of accidental intervention. One can find paw prints on clay tablets from the Ziggurat of Ur (21st century BCE), for example, and ancient Roman tiles (from around 0 CE) found in England.
We have examples of cats knocking over ink and pissing on pages. This scribe wrote “A cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the cat that urinated over this book … because of it many others did too. And beware not to leave open books at night where cats can come.
We have examples of cats knocking over ink and pissing on pages. This scribe wrote “A cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the cat that urinated over this book … because of it many others did too. And beware not to leave open books at night where cats can come.
We have examples of cats knocking over ink and pissing on pages. This scribe wrote “A cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the cat that urinated over this book … because of it many others did too. And beware not to leave open books at night where cats can come.
This Roman roof tile with a cat’s paw imprint is from around 100 C.E. It would have been left out in the sun to dry, perfect for a little Kitty to mess up.
How did a Roman brick from the British Isles get to Washington state?
Doesn't matter to a cat....
A CATastrophe, this 12th-century copy of Gregory the Great, Registrum epistolarum, from the cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester has got muddy paw prints all over it.
This 12th-century copy of Isidore of Seville’s Etymologies may show signs of a human/feline struggle. One muddy paw-print is very clear at the top of the page, but the others, which cover about half of the page, are scuffed. It seems that the cat did not want to be evicted.
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