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The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies (1912)

Bayley, Harold · New York : Barnes & Noble · leaf 261

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eautiful virgin clasping the symbolicchalice, set among evil spirits and beasts who try to dragher down, are common in mediaeval art. In the uncanonicalBooks of the Saviour^ Christ is said to be He who bringetha cup full of intuition and wisdom and also prudence andgiveth it to the soul and casteth…

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