Unfortunately, where there are cats, there is also cat urine, as one scribe learned the hard way. He responded in a rather amusing fashion, drawing hands pointing toward the stain and writing: ...

There are lots of medieval manuscripts that feature, for example, illuminations (small images) of nuns with cats, and cats frequently appear as doodles in the margins of Books of Hours. St Matthew ...

Farmers skinned cats about 1,000 years ago in Spain, possibly for the medieval cat-fur industry or a "magical" pagan ritual, a new study finds.

Killing cats in the medieval period. An unusual episode in the history of Cambridge, England. Archaeofauna. 4. 93. McDaniel, Spencer. “Were Cats Really Killed En Masse During the Middle Ages?” ...

Adorable Pink Cat Drawing | Learning Color Names!! Greenland Voters Reject Trump in Favor of Independence Here's the Average Social Security Benefit at Ages 62, 67, and 70 Hegseth Says US Is ...

A drawing of a musical lion from 14th-century France @WeirdMedieval on X To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance ...

A historian discovers paw prints—presumably those of a cat—on a medieval manuscript. Inky paw prints presumably left by a curious kitty on a 15th century manuscript. Photograph courtesy Emir O ...

An oversized cat drawing has been discovered on a hill at the famous Nazca Lines site in Peru. The impressive artwork dates back some 2,000 years and measures over 120 feet across.

Artificial Intelligence Can Now Decipher Medieval Graffiti (Cat Sketches and All) Researchers sought to decipher the 11th-century graffiti adorning the walls of St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev ...

The 700-year-old drawing by Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II in a Vatican manuscript, based on a bird he received as a gift for his collection of exotic birds, dates back to between 1241 and 1248.