Cats of the Middle Ages.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 17592 |
| Format | 15.5 x 19.5 |
| Détails | 88 p., color illustrations, publisher's cloth binding. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251444826 |
In vignettes and frequently accompanied by a mouse, symbol of cunning or companion of the Devil, huddled in the heart of a drop cap or scratching a margin, heroes of novels (like Tibert in the Romance of the Rose), cats bask discreetly in the literature of the Middle Ages. Without equal, this small work, magnificently illustrated and full of often unpublished and surprising anecdotes, recounts the daily life of the medieval cat, from its role in the national economy (the price of its skin or even of the animal) and domestic (its role within the family) to its place in the collective imagination (its link in particular with the forces of evil), thus forming an original picture of life in the Middle Ages.
In vignettes and frequently accompanied by a mouse, symbol of cunning or companion of the Devil, huddled in the heart of a drop cap or scratching a margin, heroes of novels (like Tibert in the Romance of the Rose), cats bask discreetly in the literature of the Middle Ages. Without equal, this small work, magnificently illustrated and full of often unpublished and surprising anecdotes, recounts the daily life of the medieval cat, from its role in the national economy (the price of its skin or even of the animal) and domestic (its role within the family) to its place in the collective imagination (its link in particular with the forces of evil), thus forming an original picture of life in the Middle Ages.