Sunday, June 14, 2009

On the Eagle on the back of the Throne of St. Mark

Look up at the top where the eagle is. Notice the way the wings and the sun
form a scarab of Horus? Its a sign of kingship and undoubtedly source of
the various Church Fathers' statement about the 'Harpocrates of Salome.' As Lohuizen-Mulder notes this throne is definitely ancient and Alexandrian.


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