Chapter Sylvius Bonus to Syrtis of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Sylvius Bonus to Syrtis

Sylvius Bonus Supposed to be Coil the Good, a contemporary of Ausonius, who often mentions him; but not even the titles of his works are known. He was a British writer.

Symbol originally meant the corresponding part of a tally, ticket, or coin cut in twain. The person who presented the piece which fitted showed a “symbol” of his right to what he claimed. (Greek, sun ballo, to put or cast together.)

Symbols of Saints

SAINTS.	SYMBOLS.
Agatha	Carrying her breasts in a dish.
Agathon	A book and crozier.
Agnes	A lamb at her side.
Anastasia	A palm branch.
Andrew	A saltire cross.
Anne	A book in her hand.
Anthony	A tau cross, with a bell at the end, and a pig by his side.
Apollonia	A tooth and palm branch. She is applied to by those who suffer from toothache.
Asaph and Aydan	A crozier.
Barbara	A book and palm branch.
Barnabas	A staff in one hand and an open book in the other; or a rake.
Bartholomew	A knife; or a processional cross.
Blaise	Iron combs, with which his body was torn to pieces.
Bridget	A crozier and book.
Catherine	An inverted sword, or large wheel.
Cecilia	Playing on a harp or organ.
Christopher	A gigantic figure carrying Christ over a river.
Clare	A palm branch.
Clement	A papal crown, or an anchor. He was drowned with an anchor tied round his neck; also a pot.
Crispin and Crispian	Two shoemakers at work.
Cuthbert	St. Osbald's head in his hand.
David	A leek, in commemoration of his victory over the Saxons.
Denys	Holding his mitred head in his hand.
Dorothy	Carrying a basket of fruit.
Edward the Confessor	Crowned with a nimbus, and holding a sceptre.
Elizabeth	St. John and the lamb at her feet.
Faith	A gridiron.
Felix	An anchor.
Flower	Her head in her hand, and a flower sprouting out of her neck.
Francis	A seraph inflicting the five wounds of Christ; or a lily on a trampled globe.
Fyacre	Arrayed in a long robe, praying and holding his beads in one hand.
Gabriel	A flower-pot full of lilies between him and the Virgin.
George	Mounted on horseback, and transflxing a dragon.
Giles	A hind, with its head in the saint's lap.
Ignatius	The monogram I.H.S. on the breast or in the sky, circled with a glory. Fairhold says the mystery of the Trinity was thus revealed to him.
James the Greater	A pilgrim's staff; or a scallop shell.
James the Less	A fuller's pole. He was killed by Simon the fuller.
John Baptist	A camel-hair garment, small rude cross, and a lamb at his feet.
John Evangelist	A chalice, out of which a dragon or serpent is issuing, and an open book; or a young man with an eagle in the background. (Ezekiel vii. 1-10.)
Jerome	A blue hat, and studying a large folio volume.
Jude	With a club or lance.
Julian	Ferrying travellers across a stream.
Lawrence	A book and gridiron.
Louis	A king kneeling, with the arms of France at his feet; a bishop blessing him, and a dove descending on his head.
Loy	A crozier and hammer. He is the patron saint of smiths.
Lucy	With a short staff in her hand, and the devil behind her; or with eyes in a dish. (See Lucy.)
Luke	Sitting at a reading-desk, beneath which appears an ox's head; or pictorially engaged upon a Bambino. (Ezekiel vii. 1-10.)
Margaret	Treading on a dragon, or piercing it with the cross.
Mark	A man seated writing, with a lion couchant at his feet.
Martin	On horseback, dividing his cloak with a beggar behind him on foot.
Mary the Virgin	Carrying the child Jesus, and a lily is somewhere displayed.
Mary Magdalen	A box of ointment.
Matthew	With a halberd, with which Nadabar killed him. As an evangelist, he holds a pen, with which he is writing on a scroll. The most ancient symbol is a man's face. (Ezekiel vii. 1-10.)
Michael	In armour, with a cross, or else holding scales, in which he is weighing souls.
Nicholas	A tub with naked infants in it. He is patron saint of children.
Paul	A sword and a book. Dressed as a Roman.
Peter	Keys and a triple cross; or a fish; or a cock.
Philip	A pastoral staff, surmounted with a cross. He was hung on a tall pillar.
Roche	A wallet, and a dog with a loaf in its mouth sitting by. He shows a boil in his thigh.
Sebastian	Bound to a tree, his arms tied behind him, and his body transfixed with arrows. Two archers stand by his side; sometimes presenting a sheaf of arrows to the Lord.
Simon	A saw, because he was sawn asunder.
Stephen	A book and a stone in his hand.
Theodora	The devil holding her hand, and tempting her.
Theodore	Armed with a halberd in his hand, and with a sabre by his side.
Thomas	With a builder's rule, or a stone in his hand, or holding the lance with which he was slain at Meliapour.
Thomas of Canterbury	Kneeling, and a man behind him striking at him with a sword.
Ursula	A book and arrows. She was shot through with arrows by the Prince of the Huns.

(See Apostles, Evangelists etc.)
   Symbols of other sacred characters.

Abraham	An old man grasping a knife, ready to strike his son Isaac, who is bound on an altar. An angel arrests his hand, and a ram is caught in the thicket.
David	Kneeling, above is an angel with a sword. Sometimes he is represented