A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 22
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 of theperson buried in them. The Cross 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 will appear at the last judgment. Chosroesbelieved that in possessing the cross of Christ he possessed the Sa-viour, and so it was enthroned at his right hand. Thus in earlyrepresentations of the three persons of…
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