Years ago, a mischievous kitty had left her ink-covered prints. Filipovi stumbled upon a familiar set of splotches marring the centuries-old pages. She doesn't act like she is in pain, but prefers not walking, especially on hard floors. While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, University of Sarajevo doctoral student Emir O. She walks slowly and the feet sort of flop. A servant appeared, carrying two bound manuscript volumes. Introduced as heir to his father’s business, the boy was invited to witness a momentous event. Murray then asked his sixteen-year-old son to join them. Finally, the decision of the host prevailed, and calm was restored. It makes her look like her legs are short and her front paws are about 2 inches long. Angry words threatened to turn into physical violence. The Toronto Review of Books re-posted the image stream to their website, and it can be viewed here. Customer: My 14 yr old cat walks on what I would describe as ' from the elbow down' of her front feet.
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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" Filipovic was studying ancient texts at the state archives in Dubrovnik, Croatia, he found something amazing: Cat pawprints gracing.The Appendix: "Of Cats and Manuscripts" (A blogpost from Emir Filipovic).National Geograhic: "Curious Cat Walks Over Medieval Manuscript".To read more about the manuscript (and how it went viral), see the following links: Filipovic was studying ancient texts at the state archives in Dubrovnik, Croatia, he found something amazing: Cat pawprints gracing the pages of a 15th-century. 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. Old hotness: Cat walking across your 15th century manuscript. The image, originally sent to him by Emir O. New and busted: Cat walking on your keyboard. In February, Erik Kwakkel tweeted a picture of a medieval manuscript covered with inky paw prints.
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