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

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 174

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ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE its shadow. If a dove ventures beyond thetree the dragon devours it. One or two dovesare shown falling off in the fourteenth centuryEnglish Bestiary (Slo. 3544) in the BritishMuseum. The symbolism of this story is asfollows. The tree is God ; the shadow is theSon ; the…

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