#NotALion

Lions drawn by people who had never seen one, and their cousins: #NotAnElephant, #NotADolphin, #NotABear and the rest of the menagerie.

It’s time to party, motherfuckers!

Image from: Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Following my #NotALion hashtag, I think I also need to start early modern #NotADolphin.

Woodcut Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Let me introduce you to Mr. Bill, #NotALion.

Some of these guys belong on God's Island of Misfit Animals. -Definitely a

Now THAT’S a #NotALion!

It’s #NotALion Day!

Here's the best detail shot of the bonus #NotALion from the Massys painting.

"You are a very nice #NotALion, Leroy, but, you see, there can only be one King #NotALion."

“I AM THE KING OF BEASTS, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!”

Suppose two swallows carried it together?

GAAAAH!

Go home, #NotALion. You’re drunk.

Tyrannical King Silas terrorized his kingdom from astride his trusty #NotASnake.

"The woodcut artist can do reflections, but I look like THIS?" thought Merton, a #NotAnElephant.

#NotALion, rats, and bears! Oh my!

"Make room in that hole, Stan! A pride of #NotALion[s] are coming this way!"

Now that's a #NotALion! MT "@ctcamp99: “@BridgetWhearty #medieval @hunterpence : @BLMedieval Add MS 42130 f.178r

Pyramus and Thisbe always overreacted to a #NotALion, but this time they took it too far.

About those dog-headed snakes you requested…

Bored #NotALion.

Image from: Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Lat 250

Fourteenth century

Raul reacted to the absurdity of the #NotAnElephant in the only way he knew how.

From: The Romance of Alexander
Image from: Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264

“Leave it to me to pick out the ankle-biting #NotALion.”

Fourteenth century

Just spotted this rare, multi-colored, bipedal #NotALion. #ManuscriptSafari

From: The Smithfield Decretals
Image from: British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV