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 140
.It deserves notice, because the round mound of masonrysurmounted by the short pillars is precisely similar tosimilar erections found in Hindostan on the East and America on the West, as well as in various parts of Europe.The oval in the pediment and the solitary pillar have thesame meaning as the… … Figure 90. Hindostan and England; one perforated stone is preserved asa relic in the precincts of an old church in modern Rome.The aperture is blackish with the grease of many hands,which have been put therein whilst their owners took asacred oath. We have already remarked how ancient Abraham and a…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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