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

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman · leaf 86

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Nazarite, as on the Normantympanum of Stretton Sugwas, Hereford.Samson is no doubt represented on theinteresting Norman font of Darenth, Kent,with what is meant for a jawbone, whereasit seems to come from the thigh of an ass.At Darenth the lion has a human face. It is uncertain which of the two is…

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