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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 42

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36 … 28 THE LOST LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM The letters I H S on fig. 35 are the well-known initialsusually misread to indicate Jesus Hominum Salvator. Onfig. 36 is the Fleur de Lys and I S of Jesus Salvator ; andon figs. 38 and 39 Christ is represented by a Fish. Thiswas a symbol much used by the primitive…

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