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**Stephanie J Lahey, PhD** @SJLahey@mastodon.social · Aug 3, 2024

Aug 3, 2024

Stephanie J Lahey, PhD @SJLahey@mastodon.social

#Caturday #NotALion in a Book of Hours from Cambridge University Library. #MedievalManuscripts
@bookhistodons @medievodons @histodons

Detail of an illumination on a medieval manuscript leaf: folio 10 recto in Cambridge, University Library, manuscript Dd.4.17. We see the lower left-hand corner of a larger rectangular illumination depicting Christ, enthroned, surrounded by symbols of the Four Evangelists, all rendered in colours and gold. In this constrained view we see only Jesus’ right foot and knee. Adjacent, however, a corner of the rectangle has been cordoned off by dark rose and orange borders to create a triangular space infilled with gleaming gold leaf. The triangle houses a rather handsome lion, well-maned and entirely white, with impressive wings. His sharp talons pierce a banderole displaying the name of the Evangelist he represents: MARCUS.

**itsveganjim** @itsveganjim@mastodon.social · Jul 6, 2024

Jul 6, 2024

itsveganjim @itsveganjim@mastodon.social

#notalion #zebra #herbivore

**Stephanie J Lahey, PhD** @SJLahey@mastodon.social · Jun 1, 2024

Jun 1, 2024

Stephanie J Lahey, PhD @SJLahey@mastodon.social

A #Caturday #NotALion in one of the #MedievalManuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge (now held at Cambridge University Library). #Manuscripts #Critters #MedievalAnimals
@bookhistodons @medievodons @histodons

Detail of a leaf in a medieval manuscript: folio 44 verso in Cambridge, Pembroke College manuscript 301. The gold-haloed head of an evangelist peeks up from the lower edge of the image. Above this curve 2 concentric arches linked together by a decorative rosette, all rendered in shiny gold leaf with burgundy, pine, and cobalt paints. In front of the arches, springing across the page, stretches a yellow lion sporting green and red wings and a glittering halo of burnished gold. Rearing up on hind legs, the beast grasps a golden book in its front paws, and throws back its head to sound the long blue trumpet extending from its mouth.

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**New-Cleckit Dominie** @ncdominie@mastodon.scot · Aug 26, 2023

Aug 26, 2023

New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie@mastodon.scot

@thisismyglasgow There used to be a #NotALion hashtag on Twitter which was a wonderful repository of lions sculpted or drawn by people who were really not very good at lions.

**llewelly** @llewelly@sauropods.win · Jul 20, 2023

Jul 20, 2023

llewelly @llewelly@sauropods.win

@TetZoo has a short article up arguing the Kleinmachnow animal looks an awful lot like a boar, and boar are common in that part of Germany. Much more likely than a lion. I will confess to hoping it turns out to be a bear, but it looks more like a boar than a bear, and a bear would need to be wandering far afield.
So it's probably a boar.
https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/7/20/kleinmachnow-lion-not-a-lion

@LordGeekington , I'm wondering what you think.

#boar
#notALion

Tetrapod ZoologyThe Kleinmachnow Lion is Definitely Not a Lion — Tetrapod ZoologyOver the past day (20th July 2023), social media accounts have been sharing a brief snippet of mobile phone footage purporting to show a lion (specifically, a lioness) walking at the edge of woodland in the Berlin suburb of Kleinmachnow…

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**Aeronaute** @aeronaute@mastodon.social · Mar 31, 2023

Mar 31, 2023

Aeronaute @aeronaute@mastodon.social

@aaronm Body and face shapes here are really similar. I think what you might be going with are the head curls and the somewhat glum expression, reminiscent of the cowardly lion in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz. Which I'd also classify as #NotALion.