Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 142
CHAPTER VIII THE EAGLE, GOOSE, PEACOCK, PELICAN, RAVEN The Bestiaries say that when the eagle hasgrown old and is nearly blind, it flies up intothe air, till it scorches its wings in the heatof the sun. Then it plunges straight into purewater three times, from which it emergesyoung once more. A…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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