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Title: Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Collins, Arthur H
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism Animals in art Church architecture Church decoration and ornament
Publisher: London : Sir I. Pitman & sons,ltd.
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ce and liberality. It issignificant of the latter, because it does notdevour all it finds in the way of food, butcalls for the hens to come and share. We seethe cock accompanied by its mate carved onwhat was originally a perpendicular bench-endat Forrabury, Cornwall. The clergy, says a mediaeval poet, are notto keep all their learning to themselves, butimitating the cock, to distribute it to theircongregation. The cock is generally represented, however,in connection with S. Peter, who denied OurLord before the cock crew twice (S. Markxiv. 72). Mrs. Jameson gives a picture whichrepresents S. Peters repentance, from asarcophagus of the third century, where sheunderstands the cock to be a general emblemof human weakness and repentance. The most interesting examples that weknow of are from S. Peters Church, Rowle-stone, Hereford, where almost every con-ceivable place on the south door and chancelarch capitals is occupied by carvings of cocks.In the chancel, too, there are two complete 118
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