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been crucified; for we have not only the *ankh,' shaped 

 Hke a cross, to be held as a symbol in the hand ; but 

 a St. John's cross, pure and simple, hangs on the 

 breast, by a string round the neck of Sainsi Ratni/iduu 

 on No. no of the British Museum. Fig. 95 shows 



Fig. 95. — Charmsfrom 

 neck of a king, 

 Nimrood. 



Fig. 96. — (a) Buddha's hand; 

 [b] the Pope's hand. 



another associated with a pair of horns. This cross- 

 symbol may have been adopted by the Christian Church, 

 and made to re- present the emblem of Christianity. 



Indeed, in the ' Migration des symboles ' of Count 

 d'Alviella, he says at p. 2 r : " Among the early 

 Christians, this symbol was a form sometimes given 

 to the cross of Christ itself, being assimilated to the 

 tree of life;" and at p. 163 he says: "For the tree of 

 life Christians have substituted various sacred objects, 

 and principally the cross, which is itself a tree of life." ^ 



^ One day, in a shop window of St. James's Street, I saw a picture of 

 St. Peter enthroned as Pope. He is represented with a tiara, ornamented 

 with ' fleur-de-lys ' and lopped by a cross. His pontifical cloak is ornamented 



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