Cat and Mouse Badge

Description

Museum No: 1896,0501.76 15th century This is one of four known badges representing a cat with a mouse in its mouth, standing on an inscribed scroll. They all have a variation on the inscription here: ‘YISIMUS’. The inscription has been suggested to mean ‘Behold the Mouse’ but its exact significance is unknown. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=50429&partId=1&searchText=medieval+badge+cat+&page=1