The Middle Ages from the 5th to 15th century have gifted us with some ancient artifacts and relics that we, modern-day humans, have ogled and awed at over for centuries. And none of these ancient artifacts has most captivated our cat-lover minds as their medieval cat art. Cats have long since been admired and intriguing to the masses, and what better way than to preserve their memory and what they mean to you and your culture than with some art? Check out these weird paintings.
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Jeff de Boer sculpts these incredible works of art, inspired by his own cat.
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Check out this 15th Century manuscript. Notice anything familiar? In totally-non-shocking-news-of-the-day, it turns out cats have been walking on whatever you're writing since the dawn of time. Emir O. Filipovic of the University of Sarajevo's History Department discovered the medieval kitty prints.
We can only assume that somewhere, beyond the reach of time, in a small ancient monastery in the mountains, the muffled sounds of "SNOWBALL, OFF. OFF. DOWN. GET DOWN, SNOWBALL. BAD KITTY. DAMNIT, SNOWBALL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE," carry across the medieval vales and valleys.
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Did you know that the Papillon is one of the oldest breeds of dog? It has a recorded history in Europe going back nearly 700 years!
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I MUST CONTINUE MY QUEST TO SLAY THE RED DOT
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