I was curious about medieval illustrations of lions, so I've been doing some searching. And I found something interesting...
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Look at the second image it shows. It's Radim's lion... except it identifies it as being from the Rochester Bestiary (1225–50) and not from the Book of Enoch.
Am I misunderstanding something here, Radim?
Also, The Complete Book of Enoch: Standard English Version, by Jay Winter, can be read online...
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It contains no images. And the text you quoted is a very short extract from the Second Parable, seemingly highlighted simply because it contains the word "lion". The connection to the VMS plant with the lion-like root seems to be getting more and more tenuous.
And finally, for now, I can't find any evidence that the Book of Enoch was originally illustrated anyway... opinion seems to be that it wasn't.
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Look at the second image it shows. It's Radim's lion... except it identifies it as being from the Rochester Bestiary (1225–50) and not from the Book of Enoch.
Am I misunderstanding something here, Radim?
Also, The Complete Book of Enoch: Standard English Version, by Jay Winter, can be read online...
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It contains no images. And the text you quoted is a very short extract from the Second Parable, seemingly highlighted simply because it contains the word "lion". The connection to the VMS plant with the lion-like root seems to be getting more and more tenuous.
And finally, for now, I can't find any evidence that the Book of Enoch was originally illustrated anyway... opinion seems to be that it wasn't.