medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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From: "Amy Airhart" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, 26 February 2001 12:06 a.m.
Subject: [M-R] M-R Iconography
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Greetings all.
> I am doing some work regarding the role of Christianity in Angl0-Saxon
> England, and as a result of that, I have been examining some Christian
> iconography.
> Could someone please enlighten me as to the meaning of the inscription
> 'INRI' that I have seen on most of the Crucifixion pictures and
sculptures?
> I'm assuming that it's something in Latin.
>
It's straight from the Passion narrative in the Gospel "Jesus of Nazareth,
King of the Jews" - remembering there was no "J" in Latin, and king is
"Rex".
Stephen M. Collins
Houston, Texas
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