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Antique Roman, metal plaque of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Ancient metal plaque of the crucifixion of Jesus.
Similar to the ivory carving known as Rambona Diptych.
Notable features:
Jesus' hands drooping and thumbs across palms, indicating nailing through wrists rather than through the hands, which is also evident on the Turin Shroud. (this is unusual in ancient art and indicates either knowledge of the shroud or of crucifixion methods).
Jesus' feet are apparently nailed separately ( as evident in the 1st century Crucifixion victim Jehonanan), not overlapped with a single nail, (this is not unusual in very early Christian art, but rarely seen in later art) indicates knowledge of crucifixion methods.
Mary the mother of Jesus, is portrayed with her hand to her face in sorrow, reaching up to touch her son on the cross.
The Apostle John (author of the Gospel of John, St. John's Epistles and Revelation) on the other side is portrayed, also with his hand to his face, and holding a book, indicating his recording of events.
Signs of antiquity ....
Latin text all in capitals.
Many ancient, Latin texts and inscriptions show that the Romans often did not use punctuation or spaces between letters and sentences. Some Latin texts are a jumble of letters and words that run into one another, as in this example.
Rex Iudeorum. I is used for J, as in pre-medieval Latin.
V for U as in pre-medieval Latin.
Z of Nazarenus reversed as an angular form of S. www.jstor.org/stable/282560?seq=1
The Roman, pagan dieties Sol (Sun god) and Lun (Moon god) are portrayed each side of the Cross to indicate that they have been replaced by the true religion of the Christian God as the official religion of Rome.
The Cross is standing on the symbols of the Roman empire, the she wolf suckling Romulus and Remus and the hills of Rome. Which portrays the Emperor Constantine's acceptance of the ascendancy of Christ and the Church (the Kingdom of God) over the temporal power of the empire and as a peace-bringing and unifying element of the State.
The Emperor Constantine is often much maligned by modernist cynics, but it is an astonishing thing that a Roman Emperor should adopt the Christian religion, as the official religion of the Roman Empire, when the Roman State had cruelly executed Jesus and many thousands of His followers. Constantine's acceptance of the Christian belief, that Jesus Christ was God incarnate and that Christianity was the true religion, is a remarkable admission that the Roman State had been guilty of Deicide. That is not something that Constantine could have found easy or could have done flippantly, or insincerely.
It is likely, because of the ancient features, that this and the similar, ivory carved, Rambona Diptych (circa 800 - 900 AD), are copies of a much earlier image (apparently now lost), dating from around the time of Constantine 306 to 337 AD.
Latin text: EGO SUM IHS NAZARENUS. (I AM [IHS] NAZARUS) (IHS Iesous Hominem Salvator,” “Jesus, saviour of man) IHS was used with a cross above the H by the early Christians as a Christogram, a emblem for 'Jesus', in the catacombs in Rome. aramis3massketeers.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/ihs-carving-in-...
And later [it was applied to the vision of the Emperor Constantine .... IHS - IN HIC SIGNUS], IN THIS SIGN (CONQUER).
REX IUDEORUM (KING OF THE JEWS)
MULIEREN - DISSIPULE ECCE (WOMAN - BEHOLD THE DISCIPLE [SON] )
ROMULUS ET REMULUS A LUPA NUTRITI (ROMULUS AND REMUS FED BY WOLF).
I believe this plaque it is an ancient, cast metal copy of the Rambona, carved ivory diptych, which is dated circa 800 - 900 AD.
www.scalarchives.com/web/dettaglio_immagine.asp?idImmagin...
www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/S-Diptych.jpg
I also believe (due to the signs of antiquity mentioned in my description) that the Rambona ivory is itself copied from an older original.
There are also later and modern copies in existence.
It is interesting to note that this more recent copy (below) has a copying error, with an F instead of an E at the beginning of EGOSUM, and also the G looks like a C.
It is by sculptor Max Le Verrier
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Antique Roman, metal plaque of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Ancient metal plaque of the crucifixion of Jesus.
Similar to the ivory carving known as Rambona Diptych.
Notable features:
Jesus' hands drooping and thumbs across palms, indicating nailing through wrists rather than through the hands, which is also evident on the Turin Shroud. (this is unusual in ancient art and indicates either knowledge of the shroud or of crucifixion methods).
Jesus' feet are apparently nailed separately ( as evident in the 1st century Crucifixion victim Jehonanan), not overlapped with a single nail, (this is not unusual in very early Christian art, but rarely seen in later art) indicates knowledge of crucifixion methods.
Mary the mother of Jesus, is portrayed with her hand to her face in sorrow, reaching up to touch her son on the cross.
The Apostle John (author of the Gospel of John, St. John's Epistles and Revelation) on the other side is portrayed, also with his hand to his face, and holding a book, indicating his recording of events.
Signs of antiquity ....
Latin text all in capitals.
Many ancient, Latin texts and inscriptions show that the Romans often did not use punctuation or spaces between letters and sentences. Some Latin texts are a jumble of letters and words that run into one another, as in this example.
Rex Iudeorum. I is used for J, as in pre-medieval Latin.
V for U as in pre-medieval Latin.
Z of Nazarenus reversed as an angular form of S. www.jstor.org/stable/282560?seq=1
The Roman, pagan dieties Sol (Sun god) and Lun (Moon god) are portrayed each side of the Cross to indicate that they have been replaced by the true religion of the Christian God as the official religion of Rome.
The Cross is standing on the symbols of the Roman empire, the she wolf suckling Romulus and Remus and the hills of Rome. Which portrays the Emperor Constantine's acceptance of the ascendancy of Christ and the Church (the Kingdom of God) over the temporal power of the empire and as a peace-bringing and unifying element of the State.
The Emperor Constantine is often much maligned by modernist cynics, but it is an astonishing thing that a Roman Emperor should adopt the Christian religion, as the official religion of the Roman Empire, when the Roman State had cruelly executed Jesus and many thousands of His followers. Constantine's acceptance of the Christian belief, that Jesus Christ was God incarnate and that Christianity was the true religion, is a remarkable admission that the Roman State had been guilty of Deicide. That is not something that Constantine could have found easy or could have done flippantly, or insincerely.
It is likely, because of the ancient features, that this and the similar, ivory carved, Rambona Diptych (circa 800 - 900 AD), are copies of a much earlier image (apparently now lost), dating from around the time of Constantine 306 to 337 AD.
Latin text: EGO SUM IHS NAZARENUS. (I AM [IHS] NAZARUS) (IHS Iesous Hominem Salvator,” “Jesus, saviour of man) IHS was used with a cross above the H by the early Christians as a Christogram, a emblem for 'Jesus', in the catacombs in Rome. aramis3massketeers.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/ihs-carving-in-...
And later [it was applied to the vision of the Emperor Constantine .... IHS - IN HIC SIGNUS], IN THIS SIGN (CONQUER).
REX IUDEORUM (KING OF THE JEWS)
MULIEREN - DISSIPULE ECCE (WOMAN - BEHOLD THE DISCIPLE [SON] )
ROMULUS ET REMULUS A LUPA NUTRITI (ROMULUS AND REMUS FED BY WOLF).
I believe this plaque it is an ancient, cast metal copy of the Rambona, carved ivory diptych, which is dated circa 800 - 900 AD.
www.scalarchives.com/web/dettaglio_immagine.asp?idImmagin...
www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/S-Diptych.jpg
I also believe (due to the signs of antiquity mentioned in my description) that the Rambona ivory is itself copied from an older original.
There are also later and modern copies in existence.
It is interesting to note that this more recent copy (below) has a copying error, with an F instead of an E at the beginning of EGOSUM, and also the G looks like a C.
It is by sculptor Max Le Verrier
sacredartpilgrim.com/news/load_event/230
sacredartpilgrim.com/cache/8ea87843aea08b82c75409ac848dbf...
Is the Turin Shroud the world's first photograph? From the 1st century AD. A wealth of scientific and historical evidence indicates that it is.