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Identifier: symbolismanimals00coll (find matches)
Title: Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Collins, Arthur H
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism Animals in art Church architecture -- Details Church decoration and ornament
Publisher: London : Sir I. Pitman
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE its shadow. If a dove ventures beyond thetree the dragon devours it. One or two dovesare shown faUing off in the fourteenth centuryEnghsh Bestiary (Slo. 3544) in the BritishMuseum. The symbohsm of this story is asfollows. The tree is God ; the shadow is theSon ; the Dove is the Holy Spirit, and alsoit seems the Christian ; and the fruit of thetree represents wdsdom. Something like this fable may be carved onthe Norman tympanum of Dinton, Bucks,where a tree is in the centre, and dragons aredevouring the fruit on either side. Accordingto the story, we must confess, they ought notto be so close. The animals cannot be lions,as they have only two legs. One eminentauthority has described them as lions. Under-neath the tympanum is the followinginscription in bold Roman capitals— PREMIA PRO MERITIS SI QUIS DESPERET HABENDA(audiAT HIC PRECEPTA SIBI QUE SUNT RETINENDA. If any man despairs of being rewarded according to■ • his desertsLet him hear advice which he

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  • booksubject:Animals_in_art
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