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Dailymedievalcats
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This account combines the two best things the internet has to offer: pictures of cats and scans of medieval manuscripts. A #medievalcat every day.
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Gimme that!

Ms: Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.759, f. 169r (13th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A brown cat pulls a thread from a person sitting in a chair
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Reading Session.

Ms: Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale 016, f. 23r (15th c.).
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A gray cat and a gray dog sitting on a bench, between them is an open book.
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Lemme go!

Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.919, f. 143v (15th c.).
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Image from a medieval manuscript: A man in an orange shirt holds a white cat by its paws. The cat tries to escape.
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Spying.

Ms: New York, Morgan MS M.79, f. 60v (12th c.).
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A gray cat is spying
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The Gang.

Ms: New York, Morgan, MS M.81, f. 46v (12th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: Four cats in different colours hunting mice.
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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I can haz food?

Ms: London, British Library, Stowe 17, f. 129v (14th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A white cat with a mouse in its mouth.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Looking up.

Ms: London, British Library, Add 42130, f. 13r (14th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A brown cat with a mouse in its mouse looking up
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Different activities.

Ms: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 151, f. 29v (14th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: On the left a cat cleaning itself, on the right a cat chasing two mice.
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Smirking

Ms: Morgan, MS M.1164, f. 58v (14th c.).
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Picture from a medieval manuscript: A black cat sits on the squiggles on the side
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Hello world! Quick question — who’s ready for a comeback? 🐈🐈‍⬛
A small grey cat with a striped coat, standing on a patch of green grass and looking angry. The cat is enclosed within a large, ornate blue initial letter, surrounded by red decorative flourishes.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Conquest failed.

Ms: BL, Harley 6563, f. 72v (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat failed in the conquest of a castle
July 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Fly away.

Ms: BL Stowe MS 17, f 174r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat with colorful wings and a man traying to shoot it with a bow
July 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Another song ?

Ms: BL, Harley 6563, f. 43v (14th c.). #medievalcat #medievaltwitter
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat plays an instrument
July 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Do not drop it!

Ms: Bodleian, MS. Bodl. 264, f. 79v (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat admonishes a horse and a donkey to be careful
July 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Happy.

Ms: University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 724, f. 272v (13th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat smiling
July 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Pawprints.

Ms: Oxford, Balliol College, MS 192, f. 67r (15th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Paw prints on a medieval manuscript
July 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Dinner for two?

Ms: Bl, Add 42130, f. 26r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: Two catlike creatures, one of them eating
July 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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The wild ones.

Ms: Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169, f. 25v (15th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A bunch oh white cats in the wilderness
July 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Annoyed.

Ms: Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 452 (15th c.). #medievalcat #medievaltwitter
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A sleeping cat is annoyed by giant flies
July 9, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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Hi, I guess?

Ms: BL, Add 50000, f. 66v (13th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A blue cat welcomes a creature with the body of a horse and the head of a human being
July 7, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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On a plate!

Ms: BL, Add MS 34294, f. 48r (15th c.). #medievalcat #medieval

Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat’s head on a plate
July 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Epic battle (Cat vs. dragon)!

Ms: BL, Add 11390, f. 21v (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat fighting a dragon
July 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Time for food!

Ms: Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 88, f. 95r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medievaltwitter
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A blue cat eating a rat
July 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Everybody is eating.

Ms: Bl, Yates Thompson MS 8, f. 178r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat and a squirrel eating
July 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Have you seen a mouse?

Ms: BL, Sloane 4016, f. 62r (15th c.). #medievalcat #medieval
Picture from a medieval manuscript: A cat does not see the mouse
July 2, 2024 at 4:11 PM