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 113
s emblems.Of these the wheel was symbolic. The identification of thisemblem with the sun is very easy, for it has repeatedly been, found in Mesopotamian gems in conjunction with the moon.In a very remarkable one figured in Eawlinsons AncientMonarchies, vol. ii., p. 249, the cross is contrived as… … Figure 26. Figure 27. wheel, intended to represent the idea of the sun and moon,the mystic triad and unit, the arba, or four. In Figure 37 26, the mural ornament is introduced, that being symbolic offeminine virginity. For explanation of Figure 27, seeFigures 35, 36. Figure 28 is copied from…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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