Winged Gallery

The Evangelical Symbols, 800 AD, (20th century)

The Evangelical Symbols, 800 AD, (20th century). The winged man is St Matthew, the winged lion St Mark, the winged ox St Luke and the eagle represents St John. A 20th-century copy of the illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800. Illustration from The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart, 4th edition, published in London in about 1920

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Titlepage Design for The Savoy No. 3, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

Titlepage Design for The Savoy No. 3, 1896. Alternative title: Puck on Pegasus. ...drawing was afterwards adopted by [Leonard] Smithers as one of his trade marks and reproduced...on covers of books'. Published in "The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A. Walker, [The Bodley Head, London, 1948]

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The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, page from the Khamsa of Nizami, Safavid dynasty, c

The Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, page from the Khamsa of Nizami, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century, c. 1600

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