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The Pisa Griffin, in the Pisa Cathedral Museum; H. 107 centimetres (42 in); L. 90 centimetres (35 in); W. 46 centimetres (18 in) The Pisa Griffin is a large bronze sculpture of a griffin, a mythical beast, that has remained in Pisa, Italy since the Middle Ages despite its Islamic origin, specifically late 11th or early twelfth century Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain). [1]
Sassanid bowl with sitting griffin, gilted silver, from Iran.. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; Classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus; [1] Late and Medieval Latin: [2] gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.
The First Pitch is a 2012 bronze statue of James D. Griffin, by William Koch. [1] It is located at Swan Street and Washington Street, outside Sahlen Field in Buffalo.. Griffin, the former Mayor of Buffalo, was instrumental in getting Sahlen Field built and bringing the Buffalo Bisons franchise to the city while he was in office.
The bronze statue depicts Griffin in his No. 45 jersey, giving a stiff arm in a pose reminiscent of the hardware that made him a legendary tailback for the Buckeyes in the 1970s.
The Griffin Warrior Tomb is a Bronze Age shaft tomb dating to around 1450 BC, near the ancient city of Pylos in Greece. The grave was discovered by a research team sponsored by the University of Cincinnati and led by husband-and-wife archaeologists Jack L. Davis and Sharon Stocker. [1] The tomb site was excavated from May to October 2015. [2]
[1] [2] It was discovered in the Griffin Warrior Tomb near the Palace of Nestor in Pylos and is dated to about 1450 BCE. [3] The seal has come to be known as Pylos Combat Agate. [2] The seal is noted for its exceptionally fine and elaborate engraving, and considered "the single best work of glyptic art ever recovered from the Aegean Bronze Age ...
The Lion in the 1870s. The Lion seen from ground level in 2017. The Lion seen from the Doge's Palace.. The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze sculpture of a winged lion in the Piazza San Marco of Venice, Italy, which came to symbolize the city—as well as one of its patron saints, St Mark—after its arrival there in the 12th century.
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