A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 21
thefish is always a Christian emblem ; according to Didron it is nevermet as such in Greek art, and he believes that this emblem on thetombs in the catacombs at Rome, signified the occupation oi theperson buried in them. Thk. Ckoss has a deeper meaning than that of other symbols;it is in a certain… … Ing to the tradition or legend of the True Cross, it was coexistentwith the world, and Avill appear at the last judgment. ChosroesIjelieved that in possessing the cross of Christ he possessed the Sa-viour, and so it was entlironed at his right hand. Thus in earljrepresentations of the three persons…
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