. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . e on the Norman font at Luppitt, Devon,a centaur with spear and fohated tail can be^£ made out. We illustrate two very interestingexamples of the Centaur from a jamb of the Norman chancel arch atBeckford he can be seen with a spear up- aright in front of him. His hand is upraised,and he has a spotted body and curiouslydressed hair. Under the eaves of Elkstone a ^u Sagittarius has just discharged his arrow at,and missed, an eagle. These two corbelsare obviously connected ; though any suchconnection
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . e on the Norman font at Luppitt, Devon,a centaur with spear and fohated tail can be^£ made out. We illustrate two very interestingexamples of the Centaur from a jamb of the Norman chancel arch atBeckford he can be seen with a spear up- aright in front of him. His hand is upraised,and he has a spotted body and curiouslydressed hair. Under the eaves of Elkstone a ^u Sagittarius has just discharged his arrow at,and missed, an eagle. These two corbelsare obviously connected ; though any suchconnection is the exception rather than therule. Mr. Francis Bond mentions that the cen-taurs prey, the savage man or woodhouse,is represented together with lions round thepedestals of East Anglian fonts. On the pedestal of the fine fifteenth century 7^font of Saxmundham he is a hairy savagewith a club, and he stands next to a the top of this font are angels bearing thesymbols of the Passion, alternately with theevangehstic symbols, but no sign is to be seenof a centaur. 154.
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