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Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture (1913)

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman · leaf 174

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ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE its shadow. If a dove ventures beyond thetree the dragon devours it. One or two dovesare shown faUing off in the fourteenth centuryEnghsh Bestiary (Slo. 3544) in the BritishMuseum. The symbohsm of this story is asfollows. The tree is God ; the shadow is theSon ; the Dove…

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