. Transactions and journal of proceedings . quare insection, there is a curious human figure. It is a unique repre-sentation so far as I am aware. It consists of a human headand body, the latter without any details either of arms or is symbolic, and seems to be intended to emphasise thesupremacy of the spiritual or mental attributes in man asagainst the lower or physical attributes. The Closeburn Stone. On one side of the Closeburn stone there are two symbol-pictures extremely difficult to interpret (Fig. 14). As oftenhappens, they seem both to be in marked contrast with thesymbolism
. Transactions and journal of proceedings . quare insection, there is a curious human figure. It is a unique repre-sentation so far as I am aware. It consists of a human headand body, the latter without any details either of arms or is symbolic, and seems to be intended to emphasise thesupremacy of the spiritual or mental attributes in man asagainst the lower or physical attributes. The Closeburn Stone. On one side of the Closeburn stone there are two symbol-pictures extremely difficult to interpret (Fig. 14). As oftenhappens, they seem both to be in marked contrast with thesymbolism conveyed by the pictures on the other face of thesame monument (Fig. 15). On the upper panel, which issquare, an odd animal figure has been filled in. The four limbsof the animal are outstretched like those of a floating frog. Itis human, save for the head and long ears, which resemblethose of an ass. Was this a text for some such discourseas follows? Man always realised that there were four quar- Y Fig. 13—Pillar Stone at Minnigatf. ».
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