The romance of symbolism and its relation to church ornament and architecture (1909)
Heath, Sidney, 1872- · London : F. Griffiths · leaf 247
Miscellaneous Symbols and Emblems 197 dragonesque ornament of the shafts of crosses had in early times a certain vogue among the West Saxons. . . . It is worthy of notice that the dragon was the emblem both of Wessex and of the Britons to the west of Wilts. We all of us remember the dragon standard… … Capital at ^roadwey Church, (^orset. in the museum at Brescia in confirmation of their views. Others, however, will have none of this, and derive the dragonesque and serpentine motif from a Scandinavian source, as does Mr. H. I. Dukinfield Astley, who, in a paper on “ Scandinavian Motifs in…
Christian art and symbolism · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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