Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture (1913)
Collins, Arthur H · London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd. · leaf 78
ink, canregard It without feeling that we have lostgreatly by substituting a literal representationfor such a symbol. On the Norman tympana of Parwich andHognaston, Derbyshire, the Agnus Dei seemsto be incongruously assorted with a crowd ofwild beasts, birds and serpents. In the lattercase the… … 1 ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE in her Sacred and Legendary Art comes nearto explaining the meaning. When, she says, wild beasts as wolvesand bears are placed at the feet of a saintattired as abbot or bishop, it signifies that hecleared waste land, cut down forests, andsubstituted Christian culture…
Christian art and symbolism · Animals in art · Church architecture · Church decoration and ornament
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