[338] Matt. xxii. 29.
[339] Vol. i. p. 308, on the article “Fine Arts.”
[340] The initial subscribed to the article.
[341] See Appendix.
[342] Like the two former effigies, at pp. 138 and 140, it is made of bronze, and found in Ireland after the Tuath-de-danaans. Those found after their brethren in the East are made of the same metal. “Sometimes,” says Archer, “the images are of wood or stone, but these, unless possessing the rarity of some monkish legend, are not in such repute as their brothers of brass.”
[343] This is the only peculiar monogram of Jesus Christ—I. H. S. belonging originally to Budha, though appropriated afterwards to him, Υ Η Σ was its proper form, and it comprehended a mysterious number, as follows:—
| Υ | 400 | |
| Η | 8 | |
| Σ | 200 | |
| 608 | ||
Another monogram of Budha was Φ Ρ Η. It composed the same numerical enigma, viz.—
| Φ | 500 | |
| Ρ | 100 | |
| Η | 8 | |
| 608 | ||
Salvo vera Deum facies, vultusque paternæ,
Octo et sexcentis numeris, cui litera trina
Conformet sacrum nomen, cognomen et omen.
Martianus Capella.