Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1874)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.R.C.S.E · New York : P. Eckler · leaf 142
Figure 12^; female creators, arranged in throe pairs. Above arc theheavenly symbols of the sun and moon. Below are the male 81 palm tree, and the barred htsk, identical in meaning with thesistrum, i. e., virgo intacta. Next come the male emblem,the cone, and the female symbol, the lozenge or yoni.… … Figure 121. of the male potency, and of the sun or the heavens. It willbe noticed—and the matter is significant—that the handwhich is raised in adoration is exactly opposite the conjunc-tion of the two. Compare this with Fig. 95, where thefemale alone is the object of reverence. Lajard and others…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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