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 108
Figure 17. Figure 18 signifies the same thing; the priests adoringit present the pine cone and basket, symbolic of Anu, Hea, … Figure 18. and their residence. Compare the object of the Assyrianpriests adoration with that adored by a Christian divine, in asubsequent figure. (See Ancient Faiths, second edition,Vol. i., p. 83, et seq., and Vol. n., p. 648.) Figure 19 is copied from Lajard (Op. Cit.), plate xxii.,fig. 5. It is…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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