Churburg 13 decoration
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 4:01 am
Does anyone have a picture that is good enough to tell what the engraving on the brass says?
Hi Alcyoneus -
It says 'Iesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat' - Luke 4:30 'And Jesus passed
through the mids of them' or-' through their midst'. The passage refers to Jesus passing safely through a hostile crowd.
It is one of the most common latin inscriptions on armour, an invocation if you like for the wearer to do the same in combat, and it appears on talismans from the 13h century onward. Thge brass border has this inscribed over and over.
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Bob R.