kitty cat pulls prank on monks

October 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm Leave a comment

catpawsSometime in the year 1445 (probably), a cat stepped in black ink and made paw prints in this Croatian manuscript. I wonder what the scribe (likely a monk) said when he (likely a he) found these marks. My guess is that it involved a few swear words. Thanks, Ross Gresham!

Entry filed under: archives, not for CC website, perpetrated by animals.

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