Talk:IX monogram

Article name and sources[edit]

I think it's more usually called "IX", not "XI". The name in Our Christian Symbols by Friedrich Rest (ISBN 0-8298-0099-9) is "IX symbol"... AnonMoos (talk) 07:36, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting... in Webber (Figure 28), it says "XI" [1]. Which one should be preferred? Per Honor et Gloria ^Talk 08:05, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The order Jesus Christ Ιησους Χριστος is more common than Christ Jesus Χριστος Ιησους, which indicates "IX". We could see if Rudolf Koch has anything to say in the Book of Signs... AnonMoos (talk) 14:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fine with me either way. Moved. Per Honor et Gloria ^Talk 07:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. If you're going to cite Webber, why not look at his big compendious volume? "Church Symbolism: An Explanation of the more Important Symbols of the Old and New Testament, the Primitive, the Mediaeval and the Modern Church" by Frederick Roth Webber (2nd. edition, 1938). OCLC 236708 -- AnonMoos (talk) 14:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think by "Webber and Cram" you may actually mean the above 1938 book, but Cram was not a co-author (his name is not listed on the title page). What do you mean? AnonMoos (talk) 03:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Very late on this, but Koch says "Chrismon composed of an 'I' and a Greek 'X'." The circled form is compared by him to a sunwheel... -- AnonMoos (talk) 08:40, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery[edit]

Hi. There's two pictures of the same Constantinople sarcophagus in the gallery of this page. One caption states that it's from the late 3rd/early 4th century. The other states that it's from around 400 CE (i.e. late 4th early 5th C). They can't both be correct. Which is it? -- 06:51, 5 November 2018‎ 82.8.68.129

Group?[edit]

page which sent me here referred to someone as a member of "Sigma Iota Chi". i was expecting a sorority of some sort.

so what IS it, some religious order? and where'd the sigma go?!

what does it stand for when present -- greek version of "savior"? 66.30.47.138 (talk) 16:37, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's likely a "Greek letter" fraternity or sorority. Many of them don't reveal the meaning of their Greek trigrams, though Beta Upsilon Chi does ("Brothers Under Christ")...AnonMoos (talk) 00:10, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

point being, why does the sigma get casually dropped, and why is either version pointing here, to a wiki about the ICON rather than the group/meaning itself? why not a wiki on the latter first?! 66.30.47.138 (talk) 08:07, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]