Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 187
nfallible au-thorities in questions of divinity, were capable ofuttering. David said : As the hart panteth afterthe water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, OGod. The Physiologus tells us that the hart isthe foe of the dragon, which, when it sees itsenemy, runs away and creeps into a cleft of… … 172 Animal Symbolism predicts that at the coming of Christ a man shallgo into the clefts of therocks, and into the tops ofthe ragged rocks, for fear ofthe Lord. Thus our Saviourslew with the water and bloodflowing from His side thegreat dragon that was once aHart and Dragon. {Bestiary.) partakcr of…
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