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A in one of the of Pembroke College, Cambridge (now held at Cambridge University Library).
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Detail of a leaf in a medieval manuscript: folio 44 verso in Cambridge, Pembroke College manuscript 301. The gold-haloed head of an evangelist peeks up from the lower edge of the image. Above this curve 2 concentric arches linked together by a decorative rosette, all rendered in shiny gold leaf with burgundy, pine, and cobalt paints. In front of the arches, springing across the page, stretches a yellow lion sporting green and red wings and a glittering halo of burnished gold. Rearing up on hind legs, the beast grasps a golden book in its front paws, and throws back its head to sound the long blue trumpet extending from its mouth.
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