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Capital with Samson and an Attendant Fighting a Lion
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Limestone, North Spanish
Rights: Public Domain
Medieval Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1921
Title: Capital with Samson and an Attendant Fighting a Lion
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Limestone, North Spanish.
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