. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . » -51 •» ■—j THE r I Ipublic ..;.-^.^.-V/ riONS ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE in the face. This enrages the parents, whichkill them in anger, but at last one of themcomes in remorse and smites its breast withits beak so that the blood may flow and raisethe young to life again. The Pehcan in her piety, as the heraldscall this symbol, is often found on font covers,such as those of Southacre, North WalshamSaham Toney, and Ufford. The brass lecternof Norwich Cathedral is a pehcan, and thereis one on a misericord in Ashford
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . » -51 •» ■—j THE r I Ipublic ..;.-^.^.-V/ riONS ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE in the face. This enrages the parents, whichkill them in anger, but at last one of themcomes in remorse and smites its breast withits beak so that the blood may flow and raisethe young to life again. The Pehcan in her piety, as the heraldscall this symbol, is often found on font covers,such as those of Southacre, North WalshamSaham Toney, and Ufford. The brass lecternof Norwich Cathedral is a pehcan, and thereis one on a misericord in Ashford ChurchKent. The symbohsm of the pehcan seems to beconnected not only with Christs Passion, butalso with the Christian Resurrection. In thepainted glass of Bourges Cathedral it is to beseen with other types of the Resurrection,VIZ., the hon raising its whelps; Jonahdehvered from the whale; and lilijahrestoring to hfe the widows son of Sarepta. The raven is seldom, if ever, found in ourEnghsh architecture : if it be represented atall, it will be most difficult of re
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