(aprons).].](The twelve apostles of the Lord, having the number of the twelve months of the sun). As is apparent, this idea is concerned with the course of the sun through the Zodiac. Without wishing to enter upon an interpretation of the Zodiac, I mention that, according to the ancient view (probably Chaldean), the course of the sun was represented by a snake which carried the signs of the Zodiac on its back (similarly to the Leontocephalic God of the Mithra mysteries). This view is proven by a passage from a Vatican Codex edited by Cumont in another connection (190, saec. XIII, p. 229, p. 85): "[Greek: to/te o( pa/nsophos dêmiourgo\s a)/krô| neu/mati e)ki/nêse to\n me/gan dra/konta sy\n tô~| kekosmême/nô| stepha/nô|, le/gô dê\ ta\ i)b' zô/|dia, basta/zonta e)pi\ tou~ nô/tou au)tou~]" (The all-wise maker of the world set in motion the great dragon with the adorned crown, with a command]*
