. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE at the Last Supper, as He blesses the and fishes are lying before the holycompany. One of the finest carved Norman fonts inEngland is that of Castle Frome, S. John is baptising a diminutive figureof Our Lord. The Forerunner is nimbed andwears an ornamented maniple, but the Saviourhas no nimbus. Above Our Lord is theDextra Dei, representing the voice of theFather at the Baptism, and also the HolySpirit in the form of a Dove. Four fish arecarved swimming in the circula

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. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE at the Last Supper, as He blesses the and fishes are lying before the holycompany. One of the finest carved Norman fonts inEngland is that of Castle Frome, S. John is baptising a diminutive figureof Our Lord. The Forerunner is nimbed andwears an ornamented maniple, but the Saviourhas no nimbus. Above Our Lord is theDextra Dei, representing the voice of theFather at the Baptism, and also the HolySpirit in the form of a Dove. Four fish arecarved swimming in the circular stream ofJordan. Tertullian and Orientus make out the fishto be symbolic of baptism; so, althoughthey are almost unique at Castle Frome,they are not out of place. The last of the really existing animals ofwhich we shall treat is the wolf. Naturally itis another symbol of the Evil One. OurLords words : I send you forth as sheepin the midst of wolves, would be sufficientto give the animal an evil character (Matt,x. 16), though it does not appear that Matt,vii. 15 ha

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