Discover

Symbols

Search researched meanings first, then narrow by tradition, era, object, practical use, style, or emotion.

15 symbols found

Clear Filters

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Agnus Dei Seal preview
Heraldry & Emblems£0.99

Agnus Dei Seal

The haloed Lamb of God, often carrying a cross-staff or banner, was a familiar medieval image of Christ whose apparent gentleness carried powerful ideas of sacrifice and redemption.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialFaithCompassionHumilityHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Black Ribbon Device preview
Gothic & Memento Mori£0.99

Black Ribbon Device

A simple black ribbon turns private loss outward, echoing the visible mourning dress and armbands through which grief and remembrance could once be publicly recognised.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialDeathMemoryLoveHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Crescent and Scimitar preview
Shrine Symbols£0.99

Crescent and Scimitar

The crescent and scimitar at the centre of the historic Shrine emblem, developed for an American Masonic-affiliated fraternity in the 1870s.

3 variants12 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialIdentityCompassionHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Eastern Star Five-Pointed Star preview
Masonic Related Symbols£0.99

Eastern Star Five-Pointed Star

The identifying emblem of the Order of the Eastern Star, structured around five coloured points associated with five biblical heroines.

3 variants12 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialIdentityFaithCompassionHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

F-C-B Triangle preview
Pythian Symbols£0.99

F-C-B Triangle

The inverted F-C-B triangle of the Knights of Pythias, abbreviating Friendship, Charity, and Benevolence.

3 variants12 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialIdentityCompassionLoveHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Funeral Bell Sign preview
Gothic & Memento Mori£0.99

Funeral Bell Sign

The bell gives death a public voice: its imagined sound marks a farewell beyond the private circle of grief, turning remembrance into something heard, shared, and acknowledged by a community.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialDeathMemoryFaithHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Hand of Benediction preview
Heraldry & Emblems£0.99

Hand of Benediction

Raised in blessing by Christ, saints and bishops, the benediction hand became a familiar medieval image of sacred authority, prayer and the giving of divine favour.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialFaithCompassionProtectionHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Heart in Hand preview
Odd Fellows Symbols£0.99

Heart in Hand

A heart shown in an open hand, documented on nineteenth-century Odd Fellows ceremonial staffs and lodge objects.

3 variants12 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialCompassionLoveHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Late Medieval Wounded Heart preview
Heraldry & Emblems£0.99

Late Medieval Wounded Heart

A pierced or bleeding heart belonged to the intense visual language of late-medieval Passion devotion, inviting contemplation of Christ's suffering, wounds, sacrifice and compassionate love.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialFaithCompassionLoveHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Pelican in Her Piety preview
Heraldry & Emblems£0.99

Pelican in Her Piety

Medieval bestiaries told of a pelican piercing her own breast to revive her young with blood, turning the bird into a powerful Christian image of sacrifice, love and redemption.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialCompassionLoveFaithHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Rosicrucian Pelican and Rose Cross preview
Scottish Rite Symbols£0.99

Rosicrucian Pelican and Rose Cross

A pelican feeding her young combined with the rose and cross in Masonic Rose Croix imagery, particularly the Scottish Rite eighteenth degree.

3 variants12 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialCompassionFaithRenewalHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Sacred Heart Dagger preview
Flash Classics£0.99

Sacred Heart Dagger

The Sacred Heart carries centuries of Christian devotion centred on divine love and suffering; the dagger belongs to a later flash vocabulary. Their modern combination makes devotion feel costly and physical: love held through pain rather than protected from it.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialFaithLoveResilienceHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Tear Drop Emblem preview
Gothic & Memento Mori£0.99

Tear Drop Emblem

Reduced to a single tear, grief becomes intimate rather than monumental: a small mark for sorrow, love, compassion, and the way remembrance can condense an entire relationship into one visible sign of absence.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialDeathCompassionMemoryHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Veil Candle Crest preview
Gothic & Memento Mori£0.99

Veil Candle Crest

A veiled light makes grief visible without extinguishing hope: mourning surrounds the flame, but the flame remains, creating an image of remembrance held through darkness rather than defeated by it.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialMemoryFaithDeathHistorically supported

Compassion · reviewed meaning

Vernicle Badge preview
Heraldry & Emblems£0.99

Vernicle Badge

The vernicle carried the Holy Face of Christ on a small pilgrim badge, allowing medieval travellers to Rome to take home an image associated with the celebrated relic of Veronica's veil.

3 variants9 filesPDFPNGSVG
CommercialFaithMemoryCompassionHistorically supported