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

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 162

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. 21 says that satyrsor he-goats (Revised Version, margin) shalldance in the desolation of Babylon, he wasinterpreted by mediaeval zoologists as meaningthe centaur. The Sagittarius, or centaur, withbow and arrow, is one of the signs of theZodiac. One of the principal stories told about thecentaur…

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