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Manuscript page: a crowned woman in blue rides a golden lion under a sun-faced disk in clouds, with Latin text below.

Thesaurus thesaurorum.

A hand-painted manuscript page shows a crowned woman in a flowing blue gown seated on a golden lion, beneath a sun-faced disk among soft grey clouds. Two lines of Latin script sit below the scene on aged cream paper, with a page number at top left.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[1725?]
Medium
Manuscripts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2715 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1735.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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