Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 190
mishap of the antelope was a favouritetheme of mediaeval artists, who usually gave only thefinal scene, in which the entangled beast is killed;in the engraving, taken from the illuminatedpsalter of Isabella of France, the whole story istold. It is also one of the beasts on the arch ofthe doorway at… … Barnacle Geese. (Besliaiy.) with feathers and fall like ripe fruit. If they reachthe water they swim andlive, but if they remainon the dry ground theyperish. They illustratethe saving efficacy of bap-tism. Gerard of Wales 1cites this legend as afact designed to provethe doctrine of the Im-maculate…
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