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
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