via-appia:Fragment of a Tapestry, this fragment represents a lionlike beast symbolizing vice (derive
via-appia:Fragment of a Tapestry, this fragment represents a lionlike beast symbolizing vice (derived from illustrated classical texts like the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries). Here the figures posed with them seem to have tamed their libidinous cravings. Such tapestries were displayed in homes providing decoration as well as insulation.Switzerland, Upper Rhenish, ca. 1420–30 -- source link