
From T.H. White's 'The Book of Beasts.'

From Topsell's 'Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes.'

A contemporary drawing based on the above.

Ostensibly dating from the Middle Ages; it depicts the manticore as a symbol of the Devil.

An image from an unknown source.

Kate Goodman of San Francisco sent me this picture of a manticore carved on a column at Jerpoint Abbey, a ruined Cisterician abbey near Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Two cards from the 'Magic: the Gathering' RPG card game.

A manticore (of sorts) from the 'Legendz' RPG card game.

A manticore from the Yu-Gi-Oh card game.





Five variations on the 'Warhammer' 'Necromancer on Manticore' gaming figure; the fourth and fifth ones appears to be rather different, but I don't have detailed information about them yet. They may be modifications of the original figures.


Another 'Warhammer' manticore, quite a different design.

Games Workshop must love manticores; this is the 'Warhammer' 'Dark Elf Beastmaster' manticore figure.

The 'Ral Partha' manticore figure, still in its original packaging. This was the first one I ever found.

I don't know where this fellow comes from, but I do have a similar one in my collection, perhaps a victim of modification.

One of the rare manticore figures from the 'Monster in my Pocket' collection.

The manticore character from a game called "Nighthawk's Cardboard Heroes."


Screen grabs from 'Heroes of Might and Magic III'; on the left is the manticore, on the right the more powerful "scorpicore".

Last and least, a little manticore picture of unknown provenance.
(It's amazing what you can find on peer-to-peer networks, isn't it?)