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 160
, plate xi. supra, the four arms of the cross have a seriesof beads depending from them. On a very ancient coin ofCitium, a rosary of beads, with a cross, has been foundarranged round a horse-shoe form; and beads are commonornaments on Hindoo Divinities. They may only be usedfor decoration and… … and the dove hovering over it, are all symbolical; butthough the author of it is right in his grouping, it is clearthat he is not aware of its full signification. The readerwill readily gather their true meaning from our articles uponthe ARK and WATER, and from our remarks upon the DOVEin Ancient…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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