Dublin Core
Title
Garland
Identifier
220
Symbol Item Type Metadata
Symbol name
Garland
Symbol Description
The garland is related to the grotesque, to the rosette, to string and all
other bonds or connections. Its uses definitions of its symbolism. The ancients would hang them at temple doors on feast-days, as a symbol of fellowship; and they used also to crown their captives with them. Thus they are symbols of binding. In garlands of flowers worn by the guests at Egyptian, Greek and Roman banquets, the symbolism of the flower signifies fleeting beauty and life and death.
Sources
Cirlot p. 116