St John the Evangelist with his eagle in the 8th-century Lindisfarne Gospels (MS Cotton Nero D IV, f. 209v); his feast day is 27 December :) http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f209v …pic.twitter.com/4KvY8eYmdD
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Another eagle of St John, from the 5th-century Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/GalPlacJohn.jpg …pic.twitter.com/Vy1hD9Eyvo
A 9th-century Anglo-Saxon gold finger-ring bezel from Surrey showing the eagle of St John the Evangelist: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84994&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/fVY0gYhKN5
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