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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

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