A gold-gilded, hand-carved wooden statue of a winged lion with a halo known as the Lion of St Mark. Its right paw rests on an open gospel book inscribed with the Latin phrase "Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Mevs."

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The Winged Lion of St Mark statue at the Tower of London.


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