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 115
Isis stands upon a lioness; on oneside of her stands a clothed male figure, holding in one handthe crux ansata, and in the other an upright spear. On theopposite side is a male figure wholly nude, like the goddess,save his head-dress and collar, the ends of which arearranged so as to form a cross.… … Figure 32. Figure 81. the crescent moon inverted. It is not exclusively Egyptian, 39 as it has been found in conjunction with other emblems onan Assyrian obelise of Phallic form. Figures 29, 30, 31, 32, represent the various trianglesand their union, which have been adopted in worship.Figure 29 is…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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