File:Tetragrammaton-Trinity-diagram-12thC.jpg
Summary
A diagram on the Tetragrammaton (divine four-letter name) YHWH (Hebrew יהוה) — or "IEVE" as it's transcribed into the Latin language here — as a foundation of the Christian Trinity. This is taken from a 12th-century manuscript of the ca. 1109 A.D. work Dialogi Contra Iudaeos ("Dialogues against the Jews") by Petrus Alphonsi / Petrus Alfonsi / Peter Alfonsi (a convert to Christianity from Judaism).
The diagram shows the three persons of the Christian Trinity assigned to the three possible consecutive two-letter sequences of the Tetragrammaton YHWH / IEVE — namely IE, EV, and VE. These three sequences are in three circular nodes, connected to each other by three lines making a triangle. In the center, supported by fanciful animals, is a scroll with the complete Tetragrammaton. (The fanciful animals would not have been present in Petrus Alfonsi's original version of the diagram, but were probably a personal decorative addition by the scribe who copied out this particular manuscript of the Dialogues.)
The current-day relevance of this diagram is mainly that it influenced the development of the later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Trinity" class="extiw" title="en:Shield of the Trinity">"Shield of the Trinity"</a> or "Scutum Fidei" diagram, as well as influencing Joachim of Fiore's own different IEUE interlaced circles diagram (which in turn led to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BorromeanRings-Trinity.svg" title="File:BorromeanRings-Trinity.svg">use of the Borromean rings as a symbol of the Christian Trinity</a>).<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/rings/trinity.html">[1]</a>
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| current | 15:39, 6 January 2017 | | 400 × 384 (44 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>A diagram on the Tetragrammaton (divine four-letter name) YHWH (Hebrew יהוה) — or "IEVE" as it's transcribed into the Latin language here — as a foundation of the Christian Trinity. This is taken from a 12th-century manuscript of the ca. 1109 A.D. work <i>Dialogi Contra Iudaeos</i> ("Dialogues against the Jews") by Petrus Alphonsi / Petrus Alfonsi / Peter Alfonsi (a convert to Christianity from Judaism). </p> <p>The diagram shows the three persons of the Christian Trinity assigned to the three possible consecutive two-letter sequences of the Tetragrammaton YHWH / IEVE — namely IE, EV, and VE. These three sequences are in three circular nodes, connected to each other by three lines making a triangle. In the center, supported by fanciful animals, is a scroll with the complete Tetragrammaton. (The fanciful animals would not have been present in Petrus Alfonsi's original version of the diagram, but were probably a personal decorative addition by the scribe who copied out this particular manuscript of the <i>Dialogues</i>.) </p> <p>The current-day relevance of this diagram is mainly that it influenced the development of the later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_the_Trinity" class="extiw" title="en:Shield of the Trinity">"Shield of the Trinity"</a> or "Scutum Fidei" diagram, as well as influencing Joachim of Fiore's own different IEUE interlaced circles diagram (which in turn led to the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BorromeanRings-Trinity.svg" title="File:BorromeanRings-Trinity.svg">use of the Borromean rings as a symbol of the Christian Trinity</a>).<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/rings/trinity.html">[1]</a> </p> |
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