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 215
re sculptured before the throne. In the mysteries of Mithra, the symbols in Fig. 178 werealso employed. They represented the elements to which thesoul ought to be successively united in passing through thenew birth. We will add but two moreemblems, culled from mediaeval heraldry, Figs. 179 and… … Fig. 179. PLATE XIX.
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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