IX monogram

The IX monogram or XI monogram is a type of early Christian monogram looking like the spokes of a wheel, sometimes within a circle.[1]

IX monogram

The IX monogram is formed by the combination of the letter "I" or Iota for Iesous (Ιησους, Jesus in Greek) and "X" or Chi for Christos (Χριστος, Christ in Greek). The spokes can also be standalone, without the circle. These monograms can often be found as ancient burial inscriptions.[2][3]

  • The 5th century Byzantine Column of Marcian displays the XI monogram inside a wreath.
    The 5th century Byzantine Column of Marcian displays the XI monogram inside a wreath.
  • Detail of IX monogram on Constantinople sarcophagus, end of 3rd, early 4th century.
    Detail of IX monogram on Constantinople sarcophagus, end of 3rd, early 4th century.
  • Cover of Merovingian sarcophagus, Musée de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. File:Merovingian sarcophagus symbol 6th 7th century Paris.jpg
    Cover of Merovingian sarcophagus, Musée de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. File:Merovingian sarcophagus symbol 6th 7th century Paris.jpg

See also

References
  1. Webber (1938), p. 77.
  2. Webber (1938), p. 93.
  3. Webber (1938), p. 97.

Works cited
  • Webber, Frederick Roth (1938). Church Symbolism: An Explanation of the more Important Symbols of the Old and New Testament, the Primitive, the Mediaeval and the Modern Church (2nd ed.).


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