. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . John is similarly clad in a carving ofthe Baptism on a sarcophagus at the Lateran. In many MSS. of all dates the Holy Trinityare symbolised by two nimbed man-likefigures with a dove standing between themon an orb, which is held in the hands of theFirst and Second Persons. Sometimes Three Figures like men arerepresented, with a dove on the shoulder orthe head of the One in the centre. This symbolism may possibly explain themeaning of the Bird which in RomillyAliens book is described as holding a circulardisc or loaf b
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . John is similarly clad in a carving ofthe Baptism on a sarcophagus at the Lateran. In many MSS. of all dates the Holy Trinityare symbolised by two nimbed man-likefigures with a dove standing between themon an orb, which is held in the hands of theFirst and Second Persons. Sometimes Three Figures like men arerepresented, with a dove on the shoulder orthe head of the One in the centre. This symbolism may possibly explain themeaning of the Bird which in RomillyAliens book is described as holding a circulardisc or loaf between two Ecclesiastics. Thesame author illustrates rather similar Irishexamples, from the cross at Nigg, and two ofthe crosses at Kells. On the cross of SaintsPatrick and Columba at Kells the two humanFigures are seated upon thrones facing oneanother, and the Bird or Dove flies downand holds the orb between them. Each of theFigures holds the orb in one hand and apastoral staff in the other. The usual method of representing theTrinity in the Middle Ages may be seen on 126.
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