ēa

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ēa, f.n: river. (AY-ah / ˈeːa)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ, offering a blessing, flamed by a golden arch in the upper left corner; below him, four angels have been freed from their bindings; a river, complete with swimming fish, divides these angels from a golden altar and two trumpeting angels.
Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript; Spain, c. 1180; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1991.232.11. [metmuseum.org]

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