Medieval Cats

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Summary: For cat lovers, not art historians
Review: Cute book for a little girl who loves both cats and period costumes (boys might like it too, but most won't admit to the period costume part). If you are looking for something that shows how cats were actually portrayed in medieval times, keep going. This is a strictly modern variation which replaces the figures in medieval-type illuminated "manuscripts" with cuddly cats. The operative word, once again, is cute.

Rating:
Summary: For cat lovers, not art historians
Review: I don't love cats, in fact, I'm really allergic to them. But I have this book, and it is a good picture book. It has pictures that may have been farmiliar in the medieval times, with cats as the characters. It's not just for kids either, just if you like cats. Each page has a description of the picture. It's not a real cutesie cat book, but it's fun.

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Summary: Good Cat Book!
Review: I don't love cats, in fact, I'm really allergic to them. But I have this book, and it is a good picture book. It has pictures that may have been farmiliar in the medieval times, with cats as the characters. It's not just for kids either, just if you like cats. Each page has a description of the picture. It's not a real cutesie cat book, but it's fun.

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Summary: Wonderful witty fun...
Review: The more you know of medieval illuminations, the funnier this book is. What Ms. Herbert has done here is to redraw The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, replacing the people with cats.

Ms. Herbert's many books revisit the styles of famous artists; this is my personal favorite, and I think it's criminal that it's out of print.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful witty fun...
Review: The more you know of medieval illuminations, the funnier this book is. What Ms. Herbert has done here is to redraw The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, replacing the people with cats.

Ms. Herbert's many books revisit the styles of famous artists; this is my personal favorite, and I think it's criminal that it's out of print.