Clever Magazine, Issue #12, "Update on Lion statues" (www.clevermag.com)

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A Clever Investigation of Stone Lions, II
by Diannek

Here's a photo of a lion statue found in St. Peter's square, Roma, according to one of our readers

Update 2006: In the late 1990s we posted a couple of photos of some Italian lion statues. The poor quality photo below was one of them. There was an inscription on the book under the lion's paw, which read: "PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS", which we eventually decoded to mean "Peace to you Mark my evangelist".

St. Marcos Square, Venice

Verona lion
Photo Credit: Claudio Borsotti
Location: "in a square in Verona, Italy"

This photo was sent to us in 2006. It bears a certain similarity to the Venice statue.
Now we know what the inscription means!

Thanks, Claudio

Clever Magazine has been investigating lion statues for years. If you're interested,
here's the list of articles on the subject so far:

The Investigation begins ~ a San Francisco lion, Italian lions
Lion Symbolism ~ Venice lions
More Lions ~ US lions, postcard lions
The Investigation continues ~ reader responses
The Lion of Lucerne ~ the Swiss lion
Lions in Paris ~ Paris photo essay
Even more on Lions ~ a reader response
Miscellaneous Lions ~ continuing the investigation
More Paris Lions ~ further contributions to our growing lion statue archive
Scott Beavin's Lion Photos ~ photos of Firenze
Confederate Memorial Lion ~ a memorial to Confederate soldiers
More lions ~ info about Belfort Lion and a few more photos
Timmie's Lion Obsession, a photo essay

If you have any lion photos or information to share, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact editor@clevermag.com

For more information on Chinese Lion Statues, check out Greg Pringle's website

We heard from Maarten from The Netherlands, who photographs lion statues for his website, which is called Shooting Safari: Lions. Check it out!