• Revelation 1:12, 20:⁠— “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And, being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks⁠ ⁠… And the seven candlesticks⁠ ⁠… are the seven churches.” Some commentators interpret them as the seven Sacraments of the Church; others, as the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost. ↩
• Delia or Diana, the moon; and her girdle, the halo, sometimes seen around it. ↩
• Revelation 4:4:⁠— “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.” These four and twenty elders are supposed to symbolize here the four and twenty books of the Old Testament. The crown of lilies indicates the purity of faith and doctrine. ↩
• The salutation of the angel to the Virgin Mary. Luke 1:28:⁠— “Blessed art thou among women.” Here the words are made to refer to Beatrice. ↩