, whereon he was fastened by one foot and one hand at each upper corner; still another form
, whereon his body was suspended on the central upright with his arms outstretched upon the cross beams.
| Fig. 5. TAU CROSS, THOR’S HAMMER, OR ST. ANTHONY’S CROSS. | Fig. 6. MONOGRAM OF CHRIST. Labarum of Constantine. | Fig. 7. MALTESE CROSS. |
[Fig. 7] represents the sign of the military order of the Knights of Malta. It is of medieval origin.
[Fig. 8] (a and b) represents two styles of Celtic crosses. These belong chiefly to Ireland and Scotland, are usually of stone, and frequently set up at marked places on the road side.
Higgins, in his “Anacalypsis,” a rare and costly work, almost an encyclopedia of knowledge,[2] says, concerning the origin of the cross, that the official name of the governor of Tibet, Lama, comes from the ancient Tibetan word for the cross. The original spelling was L-a-m-h. This is cited with approval in Davenport’s “Aphrodisiacs” (p. 13).