Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman · leaf 122
es him with hismouth open, but if the man sees the wolfwith its mouth shut, then the latter canopen its mouth no more. When hungry itfills its stomach with a ball of clay, which itdisgorges with the aid of its paw when food isforthcoming. Albertus Magnus, in his work on animals,states that when the… … ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE suppose, when they are about to make anunearthly noise) so as to change its voiceand frighten the shepherds by its curioustones. It is thought that there is a carvingof a wolf on a Norman tympanum at Stockton,Worcester. His head is to be seen on thecorners of the fonts…
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