Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.M.C.B.E · New York, Peter Eckler publishing company · leaf 127
Figure 91. 64 Museum of University College, London. It is essentiallythe same symbol as the crux ansata, and is emblematic ofthe male triad and the female unit. Figure 92 is simply introduced to show that the papaltiara has not about it anything particularly Christian, a … Figure 92. similar head-dress having been worn by gods or angelsin ancient Assyria, where it appeared crowned by an emblemof the trinity. We may mention, in passing, that as theRomanists adopted the mitre and the tiara from the cursedbrood of Ham, so they adopted the episcopalian crook fromthe…
Symbolism · Christian art and symbolism
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