Trampling on a serpent ordragon : our Lord’s poweroverSatan. Two stags drinking : Holy Baptism. Hunted stag: the persecution of the early Christians. The ancients believed that the stag is able tokill the serpent ordragon by his breath. Hence the symbol of the Word of God, which has powerto destroy the works of the devil. The stag is also anattribute of S. Jerome. (Webber, 1938)
