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title: Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter
author: Getty Museum
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updated: 2024-10-01
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# Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter

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## Image File

[![Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10661.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10661.jpg)

## Image Caption

A pen and ink illustration of a cat wearing a bishop's miter and holding a crosier. Folio 48 from Ms. Ludwig XV 1 (83.MR.171), a manuscript made in Germany (probably Trier), late 15th century.

Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, G. (2019, May 17). Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10661/cat-with-a-bishops-crosier--miter/>
### Chicago
Museum, Getty. "Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 17, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10661/cat-with-a-bishops-crosier--miter/>.
### MLA
Museum, Getty. "Cat with a Bishop's Crosier & Miter." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 May 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10661/cat-with-a-bishops-crosier--miter/>.

## License & Copyright

Digital image courtesy of the Getty's [Open Content Program](https://www.getty.edu/projects/open-content-program/). The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required. [Original image](http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/4712/unknown-maker-an-elderly-man-speaking-to-a-younger-man-a-cat-with-a-bishop's-crosier-and-miter-sitting-on-a-circular-building-german-third-quarter-of-15th-century/) by [**Getty Museum**](http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/4712/unknown-maker-an-elderly-man-speaking-to-a-younger-man-a-cat-with-a-bishop's-crosier-and-miter-sitting-on-a-circular-building-german-third-quarter-of-15th-century/). Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 17 May 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.