Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 158
ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE In this way the venom is thrown back uponthe cockatrice, which succumbs to its ownpoison. This serpent has great beauty ofform and colour, and his symbolism is bad,for as these sage old moralists affirmed,beauty is often associated with badness. The symbolism is as…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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