Ark
object · 5 works · 7 mentions · 10 anchored passages
the ark · basket · ancient ark · ark · chest · safīnat al-jūd · the ark of bounty · type of the ark
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Ark4 mentions
Stromata (Greek) · De idolatria (Latin) · Kitāb al-Zawrāʼ wa-al-taʻlīqāt ʻalayhi (Arabic)
" For this reason discipleship has been called enlightenment, as making plain the hidden things, when the teacher alone uncovers the lid of the ark — contrary to what the poets say of Zeus, that he laid hold of the jar of goods but opened the jar of ills.
in the texts
Stromata
The tapering sacred vessel described as a symbol of those purified through fire.
and it is brought up to a cubit at the top, the ark being tapered from its broad base after the manner of a pyramid, a symbol of those purified and tested through fire.
" For this reason discipleship has been called enlightenment, as making plain the hidden things, when the teacher alone uncovers the lid of the ark — contrary to what the poets say of Zeus, that he laid hold of the jar of goods but opened the jar of ills.
And the ark that contained these would be the knowledge of things divine and human, and wisdom.
Clouds
The basket in which Socrates is suspended above the stage while he studies celestial matters.
The door of the thinking-shop opens and the pupils of Socrates are seen all with their heads fixed on the ground, while Socrates himself is seen suspended in the air in a basket.
Socrates lowers himself and gets out of the basket.
Ion
The covered basket in which the infant Ion was exposed along with his identifying tokens, kept secret by the Pythian Priestess for years and finally opened to prove Ion's parentage.
this is to war against the god’s intention, who saved these tokens of my mother for my sake.
I see the ark wherein I did expose thee, my child, in days gone by, whilst yet a tender babe
For if haply my mother proves to be some slave-girl,’twere worse to find her out than let her rest in silence.
Kitāb al-Zawrāʼ wa-al-taʻlīqāt ʻalayhi
The vessel of bounty in the opening image, coming to rest on the Jūdī of judgement and forbearance.
…in which they used to blow from the gate of the city of knowledge, and from the ark of bounty that came to rest upon the Jūdī of judgement and forbearance — upon the Prophet, and upon him be blessing and peace, greeting and honour.
De idolatria
Noah's ark, used typologically to represent the Church and its exclusion of idolaters.
For we shall see, according to the type of the ark, whether both the raven and the kite and the wolf and the dog and the serpent shall be in the Church.