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 114
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… … Figure 28. Museum. There is an imperfect copy of it in RawlinsonsHerodotus, vol. ii. The original is too indelicate to berepresented fully. Isis, the central figure, is wholly nude,with the exception of her head-dress, and neck and breastornaments. In one hand she holds two blades of…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu31egyp-82-150.webp)
