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

Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 26

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appeal tomen just through that symbolism to whichthey were growing accustomed. A question which we might naturally askis this : Did the architects and preachers ofthe Middle Ages believe in the existence ofall those strange animals, such as dragonsand centaurs, of which they made practicaluse ? Did…

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

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