Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 154
36a … CHAPTER IX THE BASILISK OR COCKATRICE ANDCENTAUR The mediaeval ideas about the basilisk orcockatrice are so curious and exaggerated,that we are constrained to place it in our listof fabulous and mythical animals ; thoughin reality it is only a harmless lizard, whichcan blow up its conical crest…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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