Scar. In plainer Enargy, what are they? speake; But. Mantichoras, monstrous beastes, enemies to mankinde, that ha double rowes of teeth in their mouthes.
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Manticora
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An inscribed example of the manticora occurs on the remarkable sculptured twelfth century bestiary at Souvigny in France, illustrated by De Caumont in his Abécdaire d' Archéologie, p. 273. Here the manticora wears a Phrygian cap, like the Magi and Three Children in the Fiery Furnace, in all cases to show their Eastern origin.
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On the south transept there are some manticoras - creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of men. Some of these are even more grotesque than the manticoras of the bestiaries.
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The implication that the gargoyles are the same beast means that they are not intended to be manticoras, since the triple rows of teeth and scorpion's tail are not present in the androcephalous lion.
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