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 213
Itwas also a symbol of fire, the sun, and life ;as such it formed a fitting monument forthe Egyptian kings. Our word pyramid isfrom the Greek nvpapic, puramis, itselfderived from nvp, pur, fire, and 7rvpo$, puros,wheat, because pyramid-shaped cakes ofwheat and honey were used in the Bacchicrites.… … Fig. 177. 133 the golden chariot of the sun, drawn by six white horses,through the streets of Rome to a splendid new temple onthe Palatine mount, the god being represented by a conicalblack stone, said to have fallen from heaven; and which theemperor removed from a temple of the sun, at Emesa,…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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