IX monogram
{{short description|Christian monogram}}
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The IX monogram or XI monogram is a type of early Christian monogram looking like the spokes of a wheel, sometimes within a circle.{{sfnp|Webber|1938|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1dd70E-chqwC&pg=PA77 77]}}
The IX monogram is formed by the combination of the letter "I" or Iota for {{Transliteration|grc|Iesous}} ({{lang|grc|Ιησους}}, Jesus in Greek) and "X" or Chi for {{Transliteration|grc|Christos}} ({{lang|grc|Χριστος}}, Christ in Greek). The spokes can also be standalone, without the circle. These monograms can often be found as ancient burial inscriptions.{{sfnp|Webber|1938|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1dd70E-chqwC&pg=PA93 93]}}{{sfnp|Webber|1938|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1dd70E-chqwC&pg=PA97 97]}}
Gallery
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|File:Intaglio with an early Christ monogram with the Greek letters Chi and Iota.jpg|Intaglio with Chi and Iota, 190-300 AD, Swiss National Museum.
|File:ColumnOfMarcian.jpg|The 5th century Byzantine Column of Marcian displays the XI monogram inside a wreath.
|File:Chrisme Constantinople.jpg|Detail of IX monogram on Constantinople sarcophagus, end of 3rd, early 4th century.
|File:Cover of Merovingian sarcophagus Musee de Saint Germain en Laye.jpg|Cover of Merovingian sarcophagus, Musée de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
|File:Merovingian sarcophagus symbol 6th 7th century Paris.jpg|Merovingian sarcophagus symbol, 6-7th century, Paris. Musée Carnavalet
|File:Slab sarcophagus Beyazit Constantinople 5th century 12th century bottom border.jpg|Slab sarcophagus, Beyazit, Constantinople, 5th century.
|File:Contantinople Christian sarcophagus circa 400.jpg|Constantinople Christian sarcophagus with XI monogram, circa 400.
|File:Detail of the early Christian IX monogram in the chapel of La Gayolle (La Celle, Var).jpg|Detail of the early Christian IX monogram in the chapel of La Gayolle (La Celle, Var).
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See also
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= Works cited =
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- {{Cite book |last=Webber |first=Frederick Roth |title=Church Symbolism: An Explanation of the more Important Symbols of the Old and New Testament, the Primitive, the Mediaeval and the Modern Church |edition=2nd |year=1938}}
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