Lion from BL Add 14762, f. 46v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of an initial-word panel decorated with foliate motifs, at the beginning of a liturgical poem, 'For to Him praise is proper' (Davidson vol. 2, 215). Under the panel, there is a lion. Image taken from f. 46v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Ashkenazi Haggadah'), German rite with the commentary of Eleazar of Worms. Written in Hebrew.

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1300 - 1500

British Library

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Public Domain