Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 230
oes notnecessarily indicatethe grave of a martyr, ^, , 1, jj J • .u . r but of a Christian Cilass vessel embeddea m the mortar of a loculus, with palm branch ( Bol- whosC death — likedetti,p. 149). u- T\/r 4- his Master s — is a victory over sin and death. Palm trees occur often as adjuncts to… … SYMBOLISM. 209 each side of a single figure of Christ, or an Apostle,or an orante, where they may be emblematic ofvictory or of Paradise. Birds, probably intended for DOVES, are frequentlyintroduced, as above, pecking at the clusters of thegrowing vine or at baskets of grape-clusters. Twobirds…
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