King Arthur riding a goat+fighting a cat, Otranto mosaic, 1163-5, Italy #InternationalCatDay http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Sicily%20&%20S%20Italy/Puglia/Otranto/Otranto.htm …pic.twitter.com/Ii144IqGY4
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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King Arthur riding a goat+fighting a cat, Otranto mosaic, 1163-5, Italy #InternationalCatDay http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Sicily%20&%20S%20Italy/Puglia/Otranto/Otranto.htm …pic.twitter.com/Ii144IqGY4
The 12thC Otranto mosaic seems to show King Arthur being killed by the cat! Compare the L12thC Romanz des Franceis:pic.twitter.com/KbmN20tnkp
The 13thC Estoire de Merlin has King Arthur fighting the cat nr Dent du Chat, Savoie, France https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Dent_du_Chat_depuis_le_Molard_Noir.JPG …pic.twitter.com/hl1pdUAf8y
A feline shaped jar, Chimu culture, Peru 11th-15thC; in @bristolmuseum #InternationalCatDaypic.twitter.com/r6upeA30fd
Two gold+garnet lions, found Russia & said to be L4th/E5thC, via http://streetart-ekb.livejournal.com/641913.html #InternationalCatDaypic.twitter.com/mSQEie8cH6
Cats in Anglo-Saxon England - a recent paper reviewing the archaeological+other evidence :) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10816-014-9208-9 …pic.twitter.com/dUEWUzQAis
9thC Viking cats on the backboard of the Oseberg Cart :) #InternationalCatDay Pic via http://norseandviking.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/viking-cats-and-kittens-ii.html …pic.twitter.com/rYyYjIUeYF
any theory why they (cats or stoats) are holding their paws on their head? Interesting blogpost:)
I fear I incline to cats! And that's a good question, not sure, but it does make them even more fun...! ;)
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