Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 329
incident is an admonition and a warning forus. We are Argus, and the cow is our precioussoul, which we are set to keep with vigilance, andthe hundred eyes are the good deeds and piousservices by which the safety of the soul is secured.The man who wished to steal the cow is thedevil; and his son and… … Myth of Argus. {Bestiary.) A miniature of this scene from the Arsenal manu-script has been published byCahier(J///. dArch., II. xx,AB), and it is easy to con-ceive how by such a processof transformation all thefables of pagan mythologymight serve as apt illustra-tions of Christian teachings,and…
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