Botanical and Horticulture Photography PALM SYMBOLISM 4 19. In this same edition of the Biblia Pauperum the palm is also, strangely enough, placed in the hand of Christ in the Ecce Homo; the reed in His right hand set there in mockery, changed to the victor’s palm. 20. Occasionally the palm is given to the [...]

Botanical and Horticulture Photography PALM SYMBOLISM 3 13. In a hymn of Saint Augustine, Jesus Christ is designated the * Palma bellatorum,’ but, perhaps by reason of its pagan origin, and also because it has never been exclusively a religious symbol, Christ as the conqueror of sin and death is seldom depicted with the palm [...]

Botanical and Horticulture Photography PALM SYMBOLISM 2 7. It was probably this secular use of the palm which excluded it from the symbolism of the Church during the early centuries, for it is palm trees not palm branches which are found in the early mosaics, notably those of S. Apollinare Nuova in Ravenna, where palm [...]