Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1874)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York : P. Eckler · leaf 137
Fig-are 112. 76 chies, vol. i., p. 176, symbolises Ishtar, the Assyrian repre-sentative of Devi, Parvati, Isis, Astarte, Venus, and Mary.The virgin and child are to be found everywhere, even inancient Mexico. Figure 113 is copied from Lajard, Sur Ic Cidte de Venus, … Fif^uro 113. plate xix., fig. 6, and represents the male and female as thesun and moon, thus identifying the symbolic sex of thoseluminaries. The legend in the Pehlevi characters has notbeen interpreted. Figure 114 is taken from a mediaeval woodcut, lent to meby my friend, Mr. John Newton, to whom…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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