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It The fleur-de-lis is not rare, until the end a symbol of the 12th century, to see [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] represented amidst more or less stylised lilies or fleurons, whose design also recall the Holy [[Trinity]] of the Chrismon (Tree) (Christ's monogram).Then, slowly, on this Christic content It is added also a Marial symbolic, linked to the development of the Cult of Mary, and to which the next verse of the Song of Solomon is related (2:2): "''sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter lilias''" ("as the lily [stands out] among the thorns, thus my love [stands out] among the lilies"), as well as many parts of the Scriptures and the Fathers of the [[Church]], where the lily is presented as symbol of purity, virginity Ressurection and chastityAssumption. In iconography, the The fleur-de-lis becomes represent the Tree of Life.The Angel Gabriel is often pictured with the favorite attribute lily in his hand in the Glorification/Assumption Annunciation of Mary.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Cz%C4%99stochowa (Exsample[Christ]]'s birth.)
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Explanations include the shape having been developed from the image of a [[dove]] descending, which is the symbol of the [[Holy Ghost]].
It is not rare, until the end of the 12th century, to see [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] represented amidst more or less stylised lilies or fleurons, whose design also recall the [[Trinity]] of the Chrismon (Tree) (Christ's monogram).Then, slowly, on this Christic content is added a Marial symbolic, linked to the development of the Cult of Mary, and to which the next verse of the Song of Solomon is related (2:2): "''sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter lilias''" ("as the lily [stands out] among the thorns, thus my love [stands out] among the lilies"), as well as many parts of the Scriptures and the Fathers of the [[Church]], where the lily is presented as symbol of purity, virginity and chastity. In iconography, the fleur-de-lis becomes the favorite attribute in the Glorification/Assumption of Mary.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Cz%C4%99stochowa (Exsample].)
