Church decoration : a practical manual of appropriate ornamentation (1874)
Practical · London : Published for the author by Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Strand ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong · leaf 30
rd was fabled in olden Christian Grace, times to have pierced her own Hope. A Cross is breast, in order to feed her young the Emblem of with her blood. Even thus the Faith; a Heart of Blood shed on Calvary gave Charity. life to the Church of God. THE FLAMING HEART. This symbol was common on The… … olive leaf after the subsidence a symbol of immortality and an of the Flood. emblem of the Resurrection. Below it, is often seen the THE SERPE-NLT Cross of Constantine. In con- Is the emblem of sin or evil junction with the fish, it denotes — sometimes it is used to end peace in Christ, and has the…
Church decoration and ornament · Illumination of books and manuscripts · Christian art and symbolism
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