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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3748488, member: 19165&quot;]The blindfolded lynx was one of the &quot;impresa&quot; or emblems of the house of Este, a prominent Italian noble family: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Este" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Este" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Este</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This particular medal was from Leonella d&#039;Este. The lynx was considered to have sight so keen that it could see through walls. Blindfolding the lynx would have been pointless, because he still would have been able to perceive what was going on. This idea is reinforced by the motto, &quot;quae videns, ne vide.&quot; Literally translated it is &quot;and when she saw, not to see,&quot; but it probably meant something like &quot;the statesman must be blind to much that he sees.&quot; (Explanation from &quot;Medals of the Renaissance&quot; by Sir George Francis Hill)</p><p><br /></p><p>The lynx was also a play on Leonella&#039;s name, which mean &quot;little lion.&quot; You can read more about him here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonello_d%27Este,_Marquis_of_Ferrara" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonello_d%27Este,_Marquis_of_Ferrara" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonello_d'Este,_Marquis_of_Ferrara</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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