Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 150
est the panthertypifying the Jews, and those farther off the Gen- P-^^--d dragon. [Bestiary. tiles ; as the Apostle Paul says of Christ, He cameand preached peace to you which were afar off,and to them that were nigh. In Hugo von Langensteins poem, TJie Mar-tyrdom of St. Martina, written in 1293, a… … 136 Animal Symbolism minutely interpreted in a mystical sense as sym-bolizing the wisdom, love, humility, mercy, justice,and other attributes of the Redeemer, about twentyof which are specially mentioned. Lauchert givesnumerous examples of rhetorical and metaphoricalallusions to this fable in…
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