Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 238
llen thinks it possible thatthe bird sometimes carved over the head ofChrist in Irish Crucifixions may be a phoenix,if it be not indeed the Holy Spirit in the formof a dove. The bird in question on these crosseshas a human head. The phoenix is to be seenin the glass of Le Mans and Tours… … 60a
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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