. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE in the face. This enrages the parents, whichkill them in anger, but at last one of themcomes in remorse and smites its breast withits beak so that the blood may flow and raisethe young to life again. The Pelican in her piety/ as the heraldscall this symbol, is often found on font covers,such as those of Southacre, North Walsham,Saham Toney, and Ufford. The brass lecternof Norwich Cathedral is a pelican, and thereis one on a misericord in Ashford Church,Kent. The symbolism of the pelican seems to
. Symbolism of animals and birds represented in English architecture . ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE in the face. This enrages the parents, whichkill them in anger, but at last one of themcomes in remorse and smites its breast withits beak so that the blood may flow and raisethe young to life again. The Pelican in her piety/ as the heraldscall this symbol, is often found on font covers,such as those of Southacre, North Walsham,Saham Toney, and Ufford. The brass lecternof Norwich Cathedral is a pelican, and thereis one on a misericord in Ashford Church,Kent. The symbolism of the pelican seems to beconnected not only with Christs Passion, butalso with the Christian Resurrection. In thepainted glass of Bourges Cathedral it is to beseen with other types of the Resurrection,viz., the lion raising its whelps; Jonahdelivered from the whale; and Elijahrestoring to life the widows son of Sarepta. The raven is seldom, if ever, found in ourEnglish architecture : if it be represented atall, it will be most difficult of recognition. According to the Physiologus, young
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