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An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a grotesque in the form of an eagle-lion, and a bear with a roller tied around its neck.
The Eagle. A magazine supported by members of St. John's College
St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
A poetical epistle to Benjamin Count Rumford, Knight of the White Eagle, &c. &c
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)
1801
With advertisements on final page.
St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
[ca. 1440-1460]
Initial 'I' historiated with St. John the Evangelist, writing on a scroll on Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, sits beside him.
Coat of arms (fol. 1r)
[ca. 1425]
A coat of arms with a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background. The obit above the coat of arms is that of Thomas Habtreholme "persone collegii sancti Johnannis Evangeliste Beverl" ...
St John (fol. 13r)
[ca. 142-?]
The scenes in the historiated border are: eagle, the symbol of the Evangelist St John; St John; and St John on Patmos, with the devil behind him stealing the ink-well.
The prophet Ezekiel's vision (fol. 337r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'E' encloses the vision of the prophet Ezekiel: the tetramorph of the four evangelists. His vision was of God sitting on his throne, being carried by the symbols of the four evangelists: a man...
Coat of arms (fol. 1v)
[ca. 1425]
A coat of arms halving the arms on the previous page (a double-headed eagle in gold and silver on a blue background) with a design of two wyverns on a black chevron against a white background, with, a...
St. John, the Evangelist (fol. 13r)
[ca. 1490]
The full-page miniature shows St. John, the Evangelist, writing the Book of Revelation on a scroll on the island of Patmos. The eagle, his symbol, is beside him. God the Father appears to him within a...