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John Walsh (New Zealand, b. 1954), Policy on Eeling, 2005. Oil on board, 90 x 120 cm.
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Unknown French sculptor, Lectern for Reading Scripture, c. 1475 - c. 1525, painted oak. From the permanent collection of the Medieval Sculpture Hall at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
This naturalistically carved eagle is perched atop an imposingly tall lectern used for Gospel readings in Christian churches. In traditional Medieval art, animals were incorporated into artwork designs to symbolize pertinent religious figures, themes, and ideas. The eagle shown here represents St. John the Evangelist, one of Jesus's twelve apostles and author of the fourth Gospel of the Bible.
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