A feed of tagged nodes. https://hexnet.org/blog <p> The IX monogram was an early Christian symbol, supposedly derived from the Greek initialism for Jesus Christ (Ιησους Χριστος), but which may also be a cryptohexagonal symbol. Though common in early Christian iconography, it was ultimately supplanted by the <a class='ex' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho'>Chi Ro</a>, perhaps due to the latter's <a class='ex' href='http://kahalyahweh.net/Articles/chirho.htm'>prior history</a> as a pagan-era symbol. Both symbols, were, of course, ultimately marginalized by the far less hexagonal Christian cross. </p> Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:55:09 +0000 https://hexnet.org/content/ix-monogram https://hexnet.org/content/ix-monogram