Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism. With an essay on Baal worship, on the Assyrian sacred "grove" and other allied symbols by John Newton (1875)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York J.W. Bouton · leaf 102
t of valuable information which it contains is verylarge, and it is classified in a philosophical, and, we mayadd, attractive manner. The figures represent the arborvitce. Figure 7 is from Bonomi, page 292, Nineveh and itsPalaces (London, 1865). It apparently represents themystic yoni, door, or… … Figure 7. is a suggestive one, being analogous to the figure of a keyand its shank, whilst those who stand behind theseofficers present the pine cone and bag, symbolic ofAnu, Hea, and their residence. It is to be noticed, andonce forjill_lrt-i IIP flBflfirti miv Mipf -f.haT every detail ina…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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