Tres Testimonium Dant
The inscription on this plasterwork at Rushton Hall, 'Tres Testimonium Dant' ('There are three that give witness') is from St John's Gospel ('And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.' 1 John 5:7-8). This motto was frequently cited by Sir Thomas Tresham, who may have imagined that he had a special relationship with the Holy Trinity on account of the 'Tres' part of his name. His wife would refer to him as 'Good Tres' in his letters. The inscription, along with a complex array of trinitarian symobolism, occurs in the architecture of Tresham's Triangular Lodge, aslo at Rushton.
Tres Testimonium Dant
The inscription on this plasterwork at Rushton Hall, 'Tres Testimonium Dant' ('There are three that give witness') is from St John's Gospel ('And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.' 1 John 5:7-8). This motto was frequently cited by Sir Thomas Tresham, who may have imagined that he had a special relationship with the Holy Trinity on account of the 'Tres' part of his name. His wife would refer to him as 'Good Tres' in his letters. The inscription, along with a complex array of trinitarian symobolism, occurs in the architecture of Tresham's Triangular Lodge, aslo at Rushton.