. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . TBE ^^E^^ ^^^^PUBLIC LlBilARY -jR, LENOX^ ^, FOUN0ATlONS_ ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE In thus laying the Bestiaries under contri-bution, the builders of a church would be ableto carry out an important object—the in-struction of all future worshippers. The parsonwas there to instiTict through the ears of hiscongregation, while the sculptures wouldinstruct still more effectively through theeyes. No less an authority than Horace hasspoken in favour of the eye as a medium ofinstruction— Segnius irritant animos demissa pe
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . TBE ^^E^^ ^^^^PUBLIC LlBilARY -jR, LENOX^ ^, FOUN0ATlONS_ ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE In thus laying the Bestiaries under contri-bution, the builders of a church would be ableto carry out an important object—the in-struction of all future worshippers. The parsonwas there to instiTict through the ears of hiscongregation, while the sculptures wouldinstruct still more effectively through theeyes. No less an authority than Horace hasspoken in favour of the eye as a medium ofinstruction— Segnius irritant animos demissa per auremQuam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus. — Ars Poetica. Lines 180-181. And what is more, most modem teacherswill agree with him. The original Bestiary (generally called thePhysiologiis) was produced in a far lessscientific age than ours. No one knows whowrote the Physiologus ; and there is no clueto be traced from the title, which simplymeans The Naturahst. But owing to itsdoctrinal and Hnguistic peculiarities it hasbeen assigned to an Alexandrine source. Pro
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