#Caturday 🐱:
“Keyboard Cat”
Prayer Book
Belgium, late 15th c.
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
“a #cat bangs away on a portable organ in duet with a horn-playing #dog below”
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” exhibition
#CatsInArt #DogsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

#Caturday 🐱:
“Super Kitty!”
from Missal for Use of Paris
France, 1325-75
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” exhibition
#CatsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

#Caturday 😼:
“Party Animals”
Book of Hours (Artist: Coetivy Master), Paris, ca.1450-60
W.274, fols. 185v-186r
Ink, paint, & gold on parchment
“A true party animal, this kitty rides a keg pulled by monkeys while holding a festive pinwheel in its paw.”
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” show
#CatsInArt #MedievalArt #MedievalMarginalia

For #MedievalMonday / #ManuscriptMonday :
#Fox preaching to #chickens and a #goose
Detail from Maastricht Book of Hours, Liège-Maastricht area, c.1300-25
British Library Stowe MS 17, fol. 84r
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BL_Stowe_MS_17_fol._84r_Fox_preaching.png
#MedievalMarginalia #BirdsInArt

For #MedievalMonday / #ManuscriptMonday :
Detail from Maastricht Book of Hours (BL Stowe MS17), f36r:
#elephant & castle (howdah) driven by #monkey
Liège-Maastricht area, c.1300-25
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maastricht_Book_of_Hours,_BL_Stowe_MS17_f036r_(detail).png
#MedievalMarginalia

Our final image of a dog in a medieval margin is from the Wettinger Graduale, dated to 1330-1335, and shows a dog chasing a rabbit or hare. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our rather sad-looking dog with a satchel and walking stick here is from Aristotle's "Libri Naturales" in a 13th century translation. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our second medieval dog is actually three dogs being walked by a well coifed lady from the Alphonso Psalter, dated to around 1284. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Our first image this week is from the 14th century Maastricht Hours and features this week's marginalia focus, dogs. #medievalmarginalia #medievalmanuscripts #medievalart

Sadly, the artist of the Maastricht Hours was never recorded and is therefore unknown. Our final image is from the "Hours of the Virgin" section. #maastrichthours #medievalart #medievalmarginalia