. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . ly be taken by ; while the symbol of the latter istucked away into the bottom this tympanum the EvangeUsts haveinscribed scrolls. The Aston tympanum, to which we havealready alluded in connection with theAgnus, presents some difficulty. Mr. thinks that the beasts which rest withtheir paws on the aureole surrounding thesacred symbol are an ox and a griffin. It ispossible that the griffin-like animal is theeagle of S. John, while the ox represents Such at least seems to be the viewt
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English church architecture . ly be taken by ; while the symbol of the latter istucked away into the bottom this tympanum the EvangeUsts haveinscribed scrolls. The Aston tympanum, to which we havealready alluded in connection with theAgnus, presents some difficulty. Mr. thinks that the beasts which rest withtheir paws on the aureole surrounding thesacred symbol are an ox and a griffin. It ispossible that the griffin-like animal is theeagle of S. John, while the ox represents Such at least seems to be the viewtaken by Mr. Romilly Allen. It is difficult,however, to decide what animals are carvedon the extreme edge of the are not likely to be other symbols of theEvangelists, but they seem rather like a lionhunting a griffin on each side. The symbol-ism of this would be the power of good todestroy evil. Carvings of the domestic pig are not socommon as we should expect from ourfamiliarity with it. When we have a pig-likeanimal represented it is probably a wild boar. 82.
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