. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . e time. Symbolismwas, as it were, in the air. No one believed in the old official religionjust before or after the time of Christ, and intheir weariness of it all turned to the newlyconquered East, where they found some ofthe relief they needed in the mysticism andallegory, and bold theories as to the originof the Universe so common there. What wasobvious was now discounted; while thatwhich symbolised something deeper thanitself was more satisfactory to the Christianity grew it made its appeal tomen just thro
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . e time. Symbolismwas, as it were, in the air. No one believed in the old official religionjust before or after the time of Christ, and intheir weariness of it all turned to the newlyconquered East, where they found some ofthe relief they needed in the mysticism andallegory, and bold theories as to the originof the Universe so common there. What wasobvious was now discounted; while thatwhich symbolised something deeper thanitself was more satisfactory to the Christianity grew it made its appeal tomen just through that symbolism to whichthey were growing accustomed. A question which we might naturally askis this : Did the architects and preachers ofthe Middle Ages believe in the existence ofall those strange animals, such as dragonsand centaurs, of which they made practicaluse ? Did they believe in the current folk-lorewhich they voiced and depicted ? Probablythey were credulous enough. But, on thewhole, we may say that the truth of thestory was just what they did not trouble 14.
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