A carved wooden pelican-in-her-piety on the armrest of a late 15th century pew in St Mary's Church

Date:: 1949

Location:: St Mary's Church, Enville, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire

Reference:: AA49/05502

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

In Christianity, the pelican-in-her-piety symbolises Christ's sacrifice on the cross, following the legend that a mother pelican will draw her own blood in order to feed her young during famine.

Content

This is part of the Series: LTC01/01 Lady Trenchard Cox: Series Of Negatives; within the Collection: LTC01 Lady Trenchard Cox Collection

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Photographer: Cox, Mary Desiree

Keywords

Medieval Church, Post Medieval Church, Christian Religion, Animals