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Stephanie J Lahey, PhD @SJLahey@mastodon.social

#Caturday #NotALion in a Book of Hours from Cambridge University Library. #MedievalManuscripts
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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.

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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