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

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 166

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CHAPTER X THE DRAGON OR SERPENT We are all of us familiar with the representa-tions of the temptation of our first parents,Adam and Eve. It is probable that thesehave a Babylonian origin. In an ancientBabylonian seal a man and a woman aredepicted seated on either side of a tree, andreaching out…

Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament

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