Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 97
s comparison of the risen Christ to a lionswhelp is also used by Abelard in the following Hnes- Ut leonis catulusResurrexit Dominus,Quern rugitus patrius Die tertiaSuscitat vivificus Teste physica. The appeal of the illustrious schoolman to physicsin proof of his statement is clearly a reference… … Relief of a Lion. (Munich.) mediaeval architecture. Representations of it arefrequently found in various parts of ecclesiasticaledifices, as, for example, on the principal portalof St. Laurence in Nuremberg, in the choir ofAugsburg Cathedral, at the foot of a colossal In Ecclesiastical Architecture…
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