The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century (1896)
MacGibbon, David · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 552
— 532 — SELKIRK PAIUSH CHURCH having a long tail and cloven feet, and on the other the forequarters and head of a hare in full flight. The lion may be heraldic or it may have a symbolic meaning. The hart is probably an allusion to the beginning of the xlii. psalm — " As the hart panteth after the… … Fin. 140fi.— Selkirk Parish Church. Stoup. believed, it has a symbolic meaning. The ox and hare, being also animals referred to in Scripture, are probably to be considered in the same category. This example is from Peebles, and was given to Mr. Brown by a gentleman who believes it was found at some…
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