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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shallow_ocean_spectre, post: 1208596, member: 142&quot;]The icon is Jesus as Salvator Mundi, and the inscription is among the most common of Greek Christograms - IC XC - i.e. the first and final letters of each of the words Ιησούς Χριστός - &quot;Jesus Christ&quot; - here with the final Sigma in the lunate form, appearing as &quot;C&quot; rather than as &quot;Σ.&quot;&nbsp; The icon&#039;s background is intended to recall papyrus (more properly, &quot;rush&quot; - גמא), generally intended to recall the passage in verse eleven, in the eighth chapter of the Book of Job, regarding Faith flourishing [like rushes in the marsh] in Humankind.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a very pretty [Champlevé?] icon.</p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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