Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 180
isk In Ecclesiastical Architecture 165 darted the venom from its eyes, the vessel caught itand threw it back upon the reptile, which languishedduring the thirty years of Christs incarnation, untilthe victory was fully won by the crucifixion. Andafter He had been placed in the tomb, He roseagain on… … Fighting the Basilisk. {Abbey of Iizelai.) Jacopo da Lentino in his erotics makes the fableillustrate the perils of love; and a Provengal poet,Aimeric de Pregulhan, compares himself to abasilisk and his mistress to a mirror, which hecannot look upon without being smitten to death. The basilisk…
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