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Symbols and Emblems of Early and Mediaeval Christian Art

Louisa Twining

book · 1852 (new ed. 1885)

Louisa Twining, Symbols and Emblems of Early and Mediaeval Christian Art.

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Chi-Rho represents Charm.
Twining seats the Chi-Rho / sacred monogram among the earliest Christian emblems on lamps, tombs, and gems — christogram speech, not a generic letter mark alone.
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Ichthys represents Fish.
Twining seats the fish (ΙΧΘΥΣ) among the earliest Christian emblems of Christ — fish emblem speech, not a market fish alone.
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Staurogram represents Charm.
Twining seats the tau-rho / staurogram among early cross-monogram forms — staurogram speech, not a plain Latin cross alone.
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Labarum is historically related to Charm.
Twining seats the labarum among imperial Christian standards bearing the sacred monogram — labarum speech, not a secular vexillum alone.
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Agnus Dei represents Rite.
Twining seats the Agnus Dei / Lamb of God among central Christian emblems of sacrifice — lamb emblem speech, not a farm animal alone.
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Mandorla is historically related to Sun.
Twining seats the mandorla / almond glory around Christ or the Virgin as a radiant aureole — mandorla speech, not a fruit almond alone.
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Vesica piscis is historically related to Fish.
Twining seats the vesica piscis among pointed aureole and fish-related geometric emblems — vesica speech, not a free mandorla dump alone.
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Triquetra represents Charm.
Twining seats the triquetra among interlaced threefold Christian emblems of the Trinity — triquetra speech, not a Celtic triskelion dump alone.
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Latin cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the Latin cross as the ordinary Christian cross form in early and mediaeval art — Latin-cross speech, not a Greek equal-armed cross alone.
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Greek cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the Greek cross (equal arms) among early Christian cross forms — Greek-cross speech, not a Latin passion cross alone.
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Tau cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the tau / Egyptian cross among early cross forms — tau-cross speech, not a Latin cross alone.
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Maltese cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the Maltese / eight-pointed cross among mediaeval Christian cross forms of the military orders — Maltese-cross speech, not a plain Latin cross alone.
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Cross fleury is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats fleury / flowered cross terminals among mediaeval Christian cross ornaments — cross-fleury speech, not a bare Latin cross alone.
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Cross potent is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the potent / crutch-ended cross among mediaeval Christian cross forms — cross-potent speech, not a Latin cross alone.
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Cross crosslet is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the cross-crosslet among compounded Christian cross forms — cross-crosslet speech, not a single Latin cross alone.
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Cross of Lorraine is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the double-barred Lorraine / patriarchal cross among mediaeval Christian cross forms — Lorraine-cross speech, not a Latin cross alone.
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Anchor cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the anchor as an early Christian emblem of hope, often crossed — anchor-cross speech, not a ship’s anchor alone.
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Trefoil represents Charm.
Twining seats the trefoil among threefold Christian leaf and architectural emblems of the Trinity — trefoil speech, not a botanical clover alone.
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Quatrefoil represents Charm.
Twining seats the quatrefoil among fourfold Christian ornamental emblems — quatrefoil speech, not a trefoil alone.
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Cinquefoil represents Charm.
Twining seats the cinquefoil among fivefold Christian ornamental emblems — cinquefoil speech, not a trefoil alone.
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Hexafoil represents Charm.
Twining seats hexafoil / six-lobed roses among mediaeval Christian ornamental emblems — hexafoil speech, not a sun-wheel alone.
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Hexafoil rosette is historically related to Sun.
Twining seats hexafoil rosettes among radiant Christian ornamental roses — hexafoil-rosette speech, not a free sun disk alone.
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Sun wheel represents Sun.
Twining seats wheeled / radiant sun emblems among early Christian adaptations of light symbolism — sun-wheel speech, not a pagan solar cult dump alone.
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Rosette mark is historically related to Sun.
Twining seats the rose / rosette among Christian ornamental and Marian emblems — rosette speech, not a botanical rose alone.
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Nimbus mark is historically related to Sun.
Twining seats the nimbus / halo of light around sacred heads — nimbus speech, not a free sun disk alone.
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Dove mark represents Dove.
Twining seats the dove as the emblem of the Holy Spirit in early Christian art — dove emblem speech, not a market bird alone.
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Peacock mark represents Peacock.
Twining seats the peacock among early Christian emblems of immortality and paradise — peacock emblem speech, not a farm bird alone.
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Anchor mark represents Charm.
Twining seats the anchor among early Christian emblems of hope — anchor emblem speech, not a naval tool alone.
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Crown of Thorns is historically related to Rite.
Twining seats the crown of thorns among the instruments of the Passion in Christian art — Passion emblem speech, not a royal crown alone.
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Holy Lance is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the Holy Lance among the instruments of the Passion — Passion lance speech, not a secular spear alone.
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True Cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the True Cross among the chief relics and emblems of the Passion — True Cross speech, not a generic Latin cross form alone.
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Mandylion represents Charm.
Twining seats the Mandylion / Holy Face among acheiropoietos image emblems — Mandylion speech, not a free portrait dump alone.
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St Thomas cross is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats distinctive Thomas / Persian cross forms among Eastern Christian cross emblems — St Thomas cross speech, not a Latin cross alone.
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Iron Crown of Lombardy is historically related to Iron.
Twining seats the Iron Crown among Christian royal-reliquary crowns tied to sacred legend — Iron Crown speech, not a generic diadem alone.
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Cross represents Charm.
Twining’s whole handbook seats the cross as the central Christian emblem in early and mediaeval art — cross emblem speech, not a single Latin-form dump alone.
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Theotokos represents Rite.
Twining seats the Theotokos / Mother of God among central Marian emblems of Christian art — Theotokos speech, not a generic mother figure alone.
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Harrowing of Hell represents Rite.
Twining seats the Harrowing of Hell / Descent into Limbo among mediaeval Christian narrative emblems — Harrowing speech, not a generic hell place dump alone.
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Assumption represents Rite.
Twining seats the Assumption of the Virgin among Marian narrative emblems — Assumption speech, not a generic ascent alone.
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Psychostasis represents Rite.
Twining seats the weighing of souls / psychostasis among Last Judgment emblems — soul-weighing speech, not a market scale alone.
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Hourglass and skull is historically related to Rite.
Twining’s memento mori / death emblems seat hourglass and skull among Christian reminders of mortality — memento-mori speech, not a secular clock alone.
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Illumination is historically related to Book.
Twining’s plates draw on illuminated manuscripts for early Christian emblems — illumination speech toward the book arts that carry those emblems, not a free light dump alone.
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Book of hours is historically related to Book.
Twining’s mediaeval emblem examples include books of hours and prayer-books carrying Christian symbols — book-of-hours speech, not a free missal dump alone.
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Illuminated initial mark is historically related to Letter.
Twining’s manuscript sources seat historiated and illuminated initials as carriers of Christian emblems — illuminated-initial speech, not a free letterform dump alone.
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Alpha and Omega is historically related to Oil.
twining-christian-symbols seats alpha and omega among its lemmas — alpha-and-omega speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Dove is historically related to Oil.
twining-christian-symbols seats dove among its lemmas — dove speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Dust is historically related to Ochre.
twining-christian-symbols seats dust beside ochre as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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