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==Heraldry== [[File:Prester John Emblem.jpg|thumb|Prester John's coat of arms in an Italian edition of [[Sebastian Münster]]'s {{lang|la|[[Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)|Cosmographia]]}}, 1575.|alt=Engraving of a lion rampant holding a cross in its paws.]] Various [[attributed arms]] have been given to Prester John. The nave of [[Canterbury Cathedral]], which is adorned with heraldic [[Shield boss|bosses]], represents Prester John with ''[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], the Saviour on the Cross [[Or (heraldry)|or]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral; with Genealogical and Topographical Notes |url=https://archive.org/details/heraldicnotices00willgoog/page/n162/mode/1up |author-last=Willement |author-first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Willement |date=1827 |page=140 |location=London |publisher=Harding, Lepard, and Co. |via=[[Internet Archive]] |access-date=2021-06-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author-last=Fox |author-first=Paul A. |title=Bay 32 |website=Dr Paul A Fox, FSA |url=https://www.drpaulfoxfsa.com/bay-32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201210925/https://www.drpaulfoxfsa.com/bay-32 |archive-date=2020-12-01 |access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref> In the 16th century, cartographer [[Abraham Ortelius]] produced a speculative map of John's empire in Africa, featuring ''A lion rampant facing to the sinister holding in its paws a quasi-Tau cross of full height''.<ref>{{Cite web |author-last=Delaney |author-first=John |title=Prester John |url=https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html |website=To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828084849/http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html |archive-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=live |date=2007 |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=2021-06-20 }}</ref>
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