Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 133
blazing sun,while a fourth is falling to theearth ; a mosaic in the baptisteryof Santa Maria di Capua repre-sents an eagle taking a fish outof the water, and the same sceneis carved on a Celtic cross atSt. Vigeans in Forfarshire, andEaglets gazii^at the sun. ^^ ^hc jamb of a Norman door-[Lyons… … In Ecclesiastical Architecture 119 The fable of the rejuvenation of the eagle grewnaturally enough out of the fact of the renewal ofits plumage after moulting; but the ApostolicFathers were not satisfied with this simple explana-tion of the words of the Psalmist (ciii. S), and trans-formed an…
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