Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 255
Carvings on Stalls in Parish Church of Kempen. clergy to collect eggs from parishioners duringLent, and the exercise of this right was popularlyknown as Eierdreschen (egg-threshing), owing tothe diligence and zeal with which these ovariouscontributions were levied. The man beating eggswith a flail…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture -- Details
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