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‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 34r
the cat’s tower besieged by the mice
book of hours, London ca. 1320-1330.
British Library, Harley 6563, fol. 72r
bowl of milk!
‘Trivulzio Book of Hours’, Flanders ca. 1470.
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v
monkeys nursing a kitteh
see also the eternal love of the primates
‘Trivulzio Book of Hours’, Flanders ca. 1470.
Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v
bagpiping dog
(playing during the funeral procession of Reynard the Fox… above prayers to the Holy Mary and St. John the Evangelist from the Hours of Jesus Crucified)
book of hours, England ca. 1300 (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.102, fol. 75v)
bathing cat - medieval French proverb ‘aussi aise que ung chat qui ce baingne’
book of hours, Rouen 15th century.
Paris, BnF, Nouvelle acquisition latine 3134, fol. 18v
St. George and the Baby Dragon… Happy St George’s Day!
book of hours, France 15th century.
British Library, Harley 2952, fol. 21r
the Three Dead (with a peacock and a cat)
Psalter and Hours of Bonne de Luxembourg, Jean Le Noir(?), Paris before 1349.
NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters 69.86, fol. 322r
Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins
Les Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne, Jean Bourdichon, Tours or Paris 1503-1508.
BnF, Latin 9474, fol. 199v
dragon dog
book of hours, Savoie 15th century.
Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 75v
ride the snail
book of hours, Savoie 15th century.
Clermont-Ferrand, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 84, fol. 139v
musical dog
‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century.
British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 172r
ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat
Les Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne, Jean Bourdichon, Tours or Paris 1503-1508.
BnF, Latin 9474, fol. 177v
bagpipes cat
book of hours, Paris ca. 1460.
NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.282, fol. 133v
Rodinesque monkey on a pot
(above Saints Peter and Paul ‘Petrus apostolus et Paulus doctor gentium’)
book of hours, Paris ca. 1460.
Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.282, fol. 125v
