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Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

1175–1200
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Overall: 30.2 x 32.4 x 33 cm (11 7/8 x 12 3/4 x 13 in.)
Weight: 81.647 kg (180 lbs.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.21
Location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
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These creatures, as indicated by their Latin inscriptions, are symbols personifying the Evangelists Matthew (man) and John (eagle). This iconography derives from the Book of Revelation.
Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

Engaged Capital with Figures of a Man and of an Eagle

1175–1200

Northern Italy, Emilia (Bologna?), 12th century

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