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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Manticores properly have the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion. People can call anything they like a manticore, though it may not be helpful . . . DW Christopher Crockett wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > >From: Susan Hoyle <[log in to unmask]> > > > >>At least I think it is a manticore: man's face, lion's body, angel's >> >> >wings, strange tail, splayed rear legs... > > >one of my sources identifies this 12th c. beast from Nazareth as a "manticore >(?)" : > >http://ariadne.org/cc/nazareth/jacoby3-5.jpg > >http://ariadne.org/cc/nazareth/archfrag-lion.jpg > > >but there's no "man's face", nor wings. > >c > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html