In the Middle Ages women and men often doted on their pets. In York Minster, there is a portrait of the lap dog of Lady Margaret Roos, rendered in stained glass. The dog looks happy and sleek, with a belled collar. In the picture here of Tobias and Sara, a window of about 1520 from Cologne, the couple’s pet dog is a sleepy symbol of wedded tranquillity.In other drawings of medieval pets, the British Library has a manuscript showing a woman with a pet squirrel while the Luttrell Psalter shows a collared pet squirrel as a sign of status.Birds were also popular. Jays and magpies - called ‘pies’ - were kept in cages and taught to copy speech. Larks and nightingales were kept for their sweet songs. More about medieval pets
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In the Middle Ages women and men often doted on their pets. In York Minster, there is a portrait of the lap dog of Lady Margaret Roos, rendered in stained glass. The dog looks happy and sleek, with a belled collar.

In the picture here of Tobias and Sara, a window of about 1520 from Cologne, the couple’s pet dog is a sleepy symbol of wedded tranquillity.

In other drawings of medieval pets, the British Library has a manuscript showing a woman with a pet squirrel while the Luttrell Psalter shows a collared pet squirrel as a sign of status.

Birds were also popular. Jays and magpies - called ‘pies’ - were kept in cages and taught to copy speech. Larks and nightingales were kept for their sweet songs.

More about medieval pets

Source: historicalhussies.blogspot.com

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