medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 28 Jul 2006, at 16:42, Diana Wright wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> John Briggs wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>>>
>>> Looking at Diana's link to Susan's Levan rood-screen panels, I can
>>> almost convince myself that in both the first and second panels I
>>> see
>>> the stylized letters "i h s" with an expansion dash above--viz., the
>>> standard abbreviation for "Jesus" (though I'm not happy with my
>>> purported "s" in either panel). But the 3rd panel stumps me unless
>>> the picture somehow got reversed, in which case you could argue that
>>> it spells "sitis," though that makes no sense in context.
>>
>>
>> "I h s" is quite often "i h c" for reasons which elude me.
>>
>> John Briggs
>
>
> C is the Greek S in medieval documents, but why it would be used
> for an otherwise Latin phrase eludes me.
>
> DW
I think that when it's written "IHS" it is the ligature for the Latin
word "Iesus", and when it is written "IHC" it is the ligature for the
Greek word "IHCOUC".
Scott Carson
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