. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . hese three churches are inNorfolk. 113 CHAPTER VII THE CHARADRIUS, COCK AND HEN, DOVE In the Vulgate and Septuagint versions ofDeut. xiv. 18 the Jews were forbidden to eatthe flesh of the charadrrus among otherbirds. Liddell and Scott write of the chara-drius as being a stone curlew, or thick-kneedbustard, which is very greedy. The sight of itwas supposed by the Greeks to cure the jaun-dice. In the Bestiaries this bird is drawn likea white thrush or plover, though in somecases it is represented as a huge bird withcurly feat
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . hese three churches are inNorfolk. 113 CHAPTER VII THE CHARADRIUS, COCK AND HEN, DOVE In the Vulgate and Septuagint versions ofDeut. xiv. 18 the Jews were forbidden to eatthe flesh of the charadrrus among otherbirds. Liddell and Scott write of the chara-drius as being a stone curlew, or thick-kneedbustard, which is very greedy. The sight of itwas supposed by the Greeks to cure the jaun-dice. In the Bestiaries this bird is drawn likea white thrush or plover, though in somecases it is represented as a huge bird withcurly feathers, and long neck as in themutilated Bestiary in the British Museum(Vit. D. 1). The charadrius was thought to be foundin the courts of kings. When the friends of asick person wished to know whether he wouldrecover or not, it was held to be the thingto go and fetch a charadrius, which wouldinform them of the prospects of the patient,by its actions. If the patient were about todie, the charadrius would turn away, but if,on the contrary, he were destined to live, 114. 29a
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