Martigora engraving
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"The Manticore, or Martigora was described by Pliny and Aristotle as a creature with the face and ears of a human, with grey eyes and a red body; a tail with a sting like that of a scorpion, and being the size of a lion, and with a lion’s paws, a triple row of teeth and an appetite for human flesh."
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PD due to age
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Public domain
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Jonstonus, Joannes () A description of the nature of four-footed beasts: with their figures engraven in brass
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