. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE In this way the venom is thrown back uponthe cockatrice, which succumbs to its ownpoison. This serpent has great beauty ofform and colour, and his symbolism is bad,for as these sage old moralists affirmed,beauty is often associated with badness. The symbolism is as follows. The cocka-trice is the devil, who has been the enemy ofman for thousands of years, and has constantlybeen poisoning him. The Son of the Kingwas sorry that everybody was being killed,so he determined that the beast should beren
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE In this way the venom is thrown back uponthe cockatrice, which succumbs to its ownpoison. This serpent has great beauty ofform and colour, and his symbolism is bad,for as these sage old moralists affirmed,beauty is often associated with badness. The symbolism is as follows. The cocka-trice is the devil, who has been the enemy ofman for thousands of years, and has constantlybeen poisoning him. The Son of the Kingwas sorry that everybody was being killed,so he determined that the beast should berendered harmless. The King, therefore,placed His Son in a vessel of the purestCrystal, , in the body of the blessedVirgin Mary. When the cockatrice looked on the vesselwhich contained the Son of God, it could do nomore evil. When the Son was laid in thesepulchre, He took out of the pit all thevictims of the cockatrice which had beenthrown there, so despoiling hell of its tenants. Mr. E. P. Evans gives two illustrations ofa cockatrice from capitals in the Abbey ofV
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