Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman · leaf 218
54a … ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE serpent or reptile, and the face of a girl.( Spinx avis est penna, serpens pede, frontepuella.) The only considerable difference •between the example at Upavon and that onthe mappa is that in the latter the sphinxseems to have two forelegs, and in the formertwo hind…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture -- Details · Church decoration and ornament
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