Here is an excerpt from The Adventures of Kalamazoo recently published by James A. Murtha, a cat lover. If you’d like to read more of his stories, click here to visit his website. One Sunday afternoon, Kalamazoo and I channel-surfed from the couch, for me a mindless respite from the classroom and for him a […]
Cat Poems – Agathias 550AD
August 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Agathias wrote the first poem about a cat in history. Born in 530AD in Asia Minor, in today’s Turkey, he was known as a poet and a historian of the reign of the Byzantine Roman emperor Justinian I between 552 and 558. In this poem written in 550AD Agathias mentions a ravenous cat attacking one of his beloved […]
HISTORY OF THE CAT IN THE MIDDLE AGES (PART 8)
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
History of the Cat in Medieval Literature Tibert the Cat in the fable Reynard the Fox By the 12th century the cat had transitioned from solely a model for illustrations to a full blown character in medieval literature. The cat’s first starring role was as Tibert in the story Reynard the Fox. Written by Pierre […]
