Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 150
hoursafter it is gorged with fish. At such times itremains with its bill resting on its breast. Canon Cheyne in the Encyclopedia Biblicawrites that the common fable about the peli-can giving its life for its young comes originallyfrom Egypt, and also that the same fablewas once attached to the…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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