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 138
Figure 87. 61 Figure 87 indicates the solar wheel, emblem of thechariot of Apollo. This sign is a very common one uponancient coins; sometimes the rays or spokes are four, atothers they are more numerous. Occasionally the tire ofthe wheel is absent, and amongst the Etruscans the nave isomitted. The… … Figure 88. authority of Col. Hamilton Smith, who copied it from theoriginal collection made by the artists of the French Institute of Cairo. It is said to represent Osiris, but this isdoubtful. There is much that is intensely mystical aboutthe figure. The whip, or flagellum, placed over the tail,…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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