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 147
Figure 128. birds. Perhaps we ought to be grateful to Popery for havingconsecrated to Christ what was so long used in that whichdivines call the service of the devil. Figures 129, 130, 131, are, like the preceding four,copied from various antique gems; Fig. 129 represents … Figure 129. Figure 130. Figure 131. a steering oar, le timon, and is usually held in the handof good fortune, or as moderns would say * Saint Luck, orbonnes fortunes; Fig. 130 is emblematic of Cupid, or SaintDesire; it is synonymous with le clard, or la pique; Fig.131 is a form less common in gems;…
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