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Musio, Feles, Cattus

Legenda:

• Cattus et Ciconia Anguillam Portans
• De Cato et Vulpe (Barlow, Latin Via Fables)
• De cato et muribus (Barlow, Latin Via Fables)
• De Cato et Gallo (Barlow, Latin Via Fables)
• De cata in feminam mutata (Barlow, Latin Via Fables)
• Homo et felis: The Man and The Cat (Osius, Latin Via Fables)
• Aquila Feles et Aper: Eagle, Cat and Boar (Phaedrus, Latin Via Fables)
• Gallus et feles: The Rooster and The Cats (Phaedrus, Latin Via Fables)

Proverbia:

• Feles Tartessia .... source: Erasmus: Adagia, 1.2.70
• Feli crocoton .... source: Erasmus: Adagia, 1.2.72
• Minervae felem .... source: Erasmus: Adagia, 1.10.22

Fontes:

• Medieval Bestiary: Cat
• Aberdeen Bestiary: Musio

• Isidore: Etymologiae

[12.2.38] Musio appellatus, quod muribus infestus sit. Hunc vulgus cattum a captura vocant. Alii dicunt, quod cattat, id est videt. Nam tanto acute cernit ut fulgore luminis noctis tenebras superet. Vnde a Graeco venit catus, id est ingeniosus, APO TOU KAIESTHAI.

Imagines:

	Cat (The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]
	Musio  (National Library of the Netherlands) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]
	The Fable of the Cat in Love (Steinhowel's Aesop) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]
	Cat and Mouse (Steinhowel's Aesop) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]
	Musio  (National Library of the Netherlands) [click on the thumbnail to browse the manuscript]