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Dragon from BL Eg 1150, f. 51 - Public domain document scan of drawing

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Drawing of a dragon, with seven heads in its tail. In Joachim's thought, the seven heads correspond to Herod, Nero, Constantinus, Mohometh, Melsemothus, Saladin, the Antichrist, with Gog, the last Antichrist. Image taken from f. 51 of Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect. Written in Latin.

The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a lawyer, statesman, and patron of the arts during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. He served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor of England, holding high positions in the legal and political realms.

Sir Thomas Egerton acquired a substantial number of historical and literary manuscripts. In 1617, shortly before his death, Sir Thomas Egerton bequeathed his collection of manuscripts to the British Museum, which was the precursor to the British Library.

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