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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Panel With a Griffin

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A work of Byzantine craftmanship (ca. 1250-1300) that takes the griffin--a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion--as its subject. The traditional role of griffins as protectors of the dead was carried forward from classical times into the Christian era, where they became increasingly associated with royalty and were seen as symbols of authority.

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