#notalion

[worldhistoryfacts]

A lion in a fresco from a monastery in Burgos, Spain, ca. 1200. Medieval European depictions of lions are often not very accurate. This is not because medieval Europeans had no access to lions -- there were some lions in captivity in Europe at the time, and there were books circulating with accurate pictures of them. Rather, artists were likely not interested in depicting lions as they actually looked in favor of expressing a lesson or concept.

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[dame-lazarus]

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[mediumaevum]

On the Twitter hashtag #notalion, medieval historians and aficionados share the most un-leonine lions from the Middle Ages. 

Why do these lions look, well, not like lions? Scholar Constantine Uhde wrote for The Workshop in 1872 that in early Christian and Romanesque sculpture, “the physiognomy of the lion gradually loses more and more of its animal aspect, and tends, though quaintly, to the human.” Read on

[emsartings]

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[upennmanuscripts]

Today's #MicroMondays is definitely #notalion. He's Leo, and you can find him and his fuzzy muzzle on f. 23r of LJS 463, a 15th century German compilation of medical and astrological texts. Online: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948425633503681

[nantahalas-blog]

#Wolsey #Manuscripts is also great if all you want is a bright blue #notalion or four.

[silversrawolution]

Just saying... 🦁🍀☘️🌱🌱🌿#notalion #govegan #vegansofig #vegansofinstagram #eatplants #crueltyfree #thinkforyourself #proteinlie

[bloodsbane]

A Wandersong-themed commission I did for notalion on FA!

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[muspeccoll]

Please enjoy this incunable woodcut of St. Mark and his symbolic lion (or perhaps #NotALion). They hold a place of honor in our collection of incunable leaves.⠀ NE905 .S2⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #incunable #lions #medieval #iconography #woodcuts #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

[upennmanuscripts]

Today's #drollerydonnerstag are a couple of friends (or are they?) playing around in the bottom margin of f. 3v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century French Bible #medieval #manuscript #illumination #illustration #lion #notalion #bird #bookhistory #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram https://instagr.am/p/CaXS-Z6Mwb-/

[jkj146]

When I don't #blowbubbles #bubbles for #lion . #notalion #steven #pittbull #crying #bubblesareballs #tongueout #tantrum #teasing #funny