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Scutum Fidei

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(shield of faith), a sacred device frequently represented in stone and wood carving, on monumental brasses, in stained glass, and ancient paintings, in which the doctrines' of the Trinity in Unity and the Unity in Trinity were set forth for the instruction of the faithful The example in the accompanying wood-cut is from the south window of the south transept of Thame Church, Oxfordshire (1829). It has since disappeared.