Lions are ambiguous beasts. They can stand for courage and kingship, but also for violence and danger. Lions are killers.
The lion of Judah became a symbol of Israel, and lions are the most common animal in medieval Jewish art.
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So if we've got nails arranged like the Cross, and underneath a lion menacingly showing its claw, perhaps the allusion is to those of the tribe of Judah who (in the medieval mind) were the ones who put Jesus on the cross?
The lion of Judah became a symbol of Israel, and lions are the most common animal in medieval Jewish art.
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So if we've got nails arranged like the Cross, and underneath a lion menacingly showing its claw, perhaps the allusion is to those of the tribe of Judah who (in the medieval mind) were the ones who put Jesus on the cross?