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Location British Library/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART210682

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3057px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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13th century CE

Illuminated Manuscript

Leviathan, Apocalypse

Manuscripts, Western