Rocket cat manuscript animation
Rocket Cat takes off. A GIFt for @MitchFraas and my first foray into manuscript animation. https://t.co/CPRv0o40ch
— Laura Aydelotte (@LauraEAydelotte) August 24, 2014
Mitch Fraas is Curator at the University of Pennsylvania.
Arthur Mitchell Fraas | University of Pennsylvania | Curator, Digital Research Services, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Co-Director, Penn Digital Humanities Forum
Mitch Fraas is Curator, Digital Research Services at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also Co-Director of the Penn Digital Humanities Forum. At Penn, Mitch is responsible for manuscripts 1500-1800 as well as a variety of projects with a special focus on digital humanities. He holds doctoral and masters degrees in history from Duke University and earned his bachelor's degree at Boston College. His doctoral dissertation examined the legal culture of British India in the 17th and 18th centuries, arguing for the existence of a unified early modern British imperial legal culture whether in Philadelphia, Bombay, or London. In addition to the history of law and imperialism, he takes an active interest in cartography, the history of printing and the book, the digital humanities, as well as the future of scholarly publishing and copyright.
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A cat and dove strapped with flaming backpacks.
Rocket cats could have been the weapon of choice in the 16th century, according to manuscripts https://t.co/Uwns9Fs5RB pic.twitter.com/qCPh6XJgZA
— TODAY (@TODAYonline) March 7, 2014
A series 16th-century manuscripts show cats outfitted with flaming backpacks.