الدلالات الرمزية للمصابيح المسيحية في بلاد المغرب القديم: نماذج مختارة

الملخص EN

The subject of the article deals with the analysis of multiple models of animal, plant and other geometric symbols that appeared on Christian lamps in the ancient Maghreb.

the sheep, which symbolizes the good shepherd and the Christian believer.

we also find multiple images of plants and flowers engraved inside the lamp disk.

we mention, for example, the flowers of cypress and cedar, which symbolize the apostles, twelve references to the number of their flowers (six flowers on the right and six on the left), in addition to other symbols we will cover in the topic of the article.