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 112
Figure 23. Figure 24. occupied by round cakes and one crescent-shaped emblem.The aureole was used in ancient days by Babylonian artists orsculptors, when they wished to represent a being, apparentlyhuman, as a god. The same plan has been adopted by themoderns, who have varied the symbol by…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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