Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 132
and assures the reader that they are all true :esto es cosa vera. The serpent was likewiserevered by the Egyptians as a symbol of regenerationand the renewal of life. The Physiologus states that when the eagle hasgrown old and its eyes have become dim anddarkened, it flies upward towards the sun… … In Ecclesiastical Architecture 117 like manner, when we have grown old in thesinful love of this world, and the eyes of theheart are obscured thereby,then should we seek the day-star of the divine word, andfly aloft on the wings of thespirit to the sun of righteous-ness, Christ, our Saviour,…
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