>Et civitas non eget sole, neque luna ut luceant in ea, nam claritas Dei
>illuminavit eam, et lucerna eius est Agnus. (Rev. 21:23)
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>'And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it;
>for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.'>
>
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>Which immediately put me in mind of
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>http://www.willamette.edu/~anicgors/art359/soissons1.jpg
>(with thanks to Ann M. Nicgorski)
>
>from the spectacular early 9th c. "Soissons Gospels" which, in another
>incarnation, I've actually held in my very own grimy little hands.
>
Yes, the picture exactly depicts the text in question, with rays of light
streaming from the lamb. Thank you. Oriens.
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