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 81
es, with a dog and a conch shell below. Seesupra, Plate ix., Fig. 6. PLATE XI. —With two exceptions, Figs. 4 and 9, — exhibits Christianemblems of the trinity or linga, and the unity or yoni, aloneor combined ; the whole being copied from Pugins Glossaryof Ecclesiastical Ornament (London, 1869).… … 15 double union of the trinity with the unity, here representedas a ring, V anneau. Figs. 2, 3, are from Pugin, plate xiv. In figure 2, thetwo covered balls at the base of each limb of the cross areextremely significant, and if the artist had not mystifiedthe free end, the most obtuse worshipper…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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