Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 270
ated shows the monogram surmounting abanner upon which are three dots, which represent the por-traits of the emperor and his sons. In the second instance theimperial portraits are arranged in a vertical order along thestaff, and it is not the monogram, hut the equal-armed crowhich is framed above.… … Constantine the Great. staff of the standard transfixes a serpent. This representsChrist treading upon the serpent, or more generally Christi-anity triumphing over iniquity. One of the rings illustratedin Fig. 78 represents a serpent coiled about the base of thecross; but notwithstanding its great…
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