19-07-2020, 05:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 19-07-2020, 05:47 PM by MichelleL11.)
I do really like the lion theory - but wanted to add this dragon image to the mix. The arrow/tongue and wing proximity are nice parallels, IMO.
Besides, who doesn't love a cute dragon with red painted (probably blood-stained(!), given the time period) toe-nails?
Source: Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque Valais, S 94
Paper · II + 120 + II ff. · 20 x 28.5 cm · Northern Switzerland (?) · 15th century
Jean de Mandeville, Von dem gelobten Land [Voyages]. German translation by Michel Velser
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Besides, who doesn't love a cute dragon with red painted (probably blood-stained(!), given the time period) toe-nails?
Source: Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque Valais, S 94
Paper · II + 120 + II ff. · 20 x 28.5 cm · Northern Switzerland (?) · 15th century
Jean de Mandeville, Von dem gelobten Land [Voyages]. German translation by Michel Velser
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