Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Panthera

A hypothetical beast which lived in the East. Reynard affirmed that he had sent her majesty the queen a comb made of panthera bone, “more lustrous than the rainbow, more odoriferous than any perfume, a charm against every ill, and a universal panacea.” (H. von Alkmar: Reynard the Fox.) (1498.)

She wears a comb made of panthera bone.
She is all perfection. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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