这部中世纪手稿诅咒在上面撒尿的猫

当一只猫悄悄跑来在你花了数月时间抄写的珍贵手稿上撒尿,会发生什么?如果你是这位15世纪的僧侣,你会写下诅咒猫的字条,然后继续你的写作。

The blog medievalfragments explains that this manuscript was inscribed by a Deventer scribe around 1420. Cats were common around medieval libraries because they hunted the vermin that saw the pages as a tasty treat. Unfortunately, where there are cats, there is also cat urine, as one scribe learned the hard way. He responded in a rather amusing fashion, drawing hands pointing toward the stain and writing:

Hic non defectus est, sed cattus minxit desuper nocte quadam. Confundatur pessimus cattus qui minxit super … 继续阅读


来源: https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-medieval-manuscript-curses-the-cat-who-peed-on-it-1502884468