Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1874)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York : P. Eckler · leaf 140
oined. Rays, as of the sun, pass from the group ; andall are enclosed in an ornate oval, or horse-shoe, like that inthis figure. Few, however, but the initiated would recognisethe nature of the group at first sight. I may also notice, in passing, that the goddess Doljang(a.d. 617-98) has the… … Figure 118. Mr. Newton, but the engraver has omitted to make the faceof the mother and child black, as the most ancient andrenowned ones usually are. Instead of the explanation given in Ancient Faiths,Vol. II., p. 262, of the adoption of a black skin for Mary andher son, DHarcanville suggests that…
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