Illustration prefacing the table of contents. In the centre; a monumental figure of an ecclesiastic; dressed in green amice; blue chasuble and red stole; holds a spear in his right hand and a book in his left; and stands on a lion that bites the spear. He is flanked by two smaller figures; a soldier with a round shield and a scroll; and a monk offering a book; there are two yellow curtains drawn aside in the background. The figures are surrounded by a 鈥榃inchester' type border of acanthus decoration with corner bosses.Christ Church; Canterbury; early 11th century.From: Lucius Apuleius; Old English Herbal.Cotton Vitellius C. III; f. 11vLondon; British Library.