Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 234
r to take it again.Its sweetness represented the savour of theOld and New Testaments. Another versionof the story declares that at Lebanon thephoenix builds itself a nest in a tree, and thenflies up to the sun, so as to bring down firewith which it may set itself and its nest alight.On the third…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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