Griffin

“Medieval Griffin. Porch of the Duomo, Verona, Italy. GRIFFIN. In mythology, an imaginary animal supposed to be generated between the lion and the eagle, and to combine the head, front, and wings of an eagle with the body and hind quarters of a lion.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

Italy, Sculpture, bird, Lion, mythology, Griffin, Romanesque architecture, statue, gryphon, porch, medieval architecture, duomo, Verona cathedral

Galleries

Romanesque Architecture

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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