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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 84550, member: 44"]<font size="5">That is probably INRI, but also possibly I </font><font size="6">и</font><font size="5"> B F or I </font><font size="6">и</font><font size="5"> B E. The </font><font size="6">и</font> <font size="5">may be a Cyrillic letter. Now if it does read I </font><font size="6">и</font><font size="5"> B E, B E are also cyrillic letters. I don't believe "I i" is used in the Cyrillic alphabet today, but it used to be? </font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">That frilly collar looks like a medieval church collar. Believe some of the 1600 Puritan clergy here in the states wore similar collars. Then there is a slight possibility it could be an angel in that collar with the rounded sides/shoulders representing wings. The angel may be above a cross with only the IRNI still intact. The rest of the cross broken off?</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Medieval collars:</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop#/media/File%3AHenning_Toft_Bro1_(bispevielse).jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop#/media/File%3AHenning_Toft_Bro1_(bispevielse).jpg" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop#/media/File:Henning_Toft_Bro1_(bispevielse).jpg</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">I can't find a cross with angel head on top. Following are a few of 1600s tombstones with angel heads on top:</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30Asa8r5I/AAAAAAAAH1M/wsnKmxb7yow/s1600/047.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30Asa8r5I/AAAAAAAAH1M/wsnKmxb7yow/s1600/047.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30Asa8r5I/AAAAAAAAH1M/wsnKmxb7yow/s1600/047.JPG</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ3z5gSKgfI/AAAAAAAAH1E/UU-GAB_BOPU/s1600/041.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ3z5gSKgfI/AAAAAAAAH1E/UU-GAB_BOPU/s1600/041.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ3z5gSKgfI/AAAAAAAAH1E/UU-GAB_BOPU/s1600/041.JPG</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30EZm_A5I/AAAAAAAAH1Q/V8lxl8tkWqY/s1600/051.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30EZm_A5I/AAAAAAAAH1Q/V8lxl8tkWqY/s1600/051.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30EZm_A5I/AAAAAAAAH1Q/V8lxl8tkWqY/s1600/051.JPG</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">--- </font><font size="5">Susan</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21499[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21500[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 84550, member: 44"][SIZE=5]That is probably INRI, but also possibly I [/SIZE][SIZE=6]и[/SIZE][SIZE=5] B F or I [/SIZE][SIZE=6]и[/SIZE][SIZE=5] B E. The [/SIZE][SIZE=6]и[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]may be a Cyrillic letter. Now if it does read I [/SIZE][SIZE=6]и[/SIZE][SIZE=5] B E, B E are also cyrillic letters. I don't believe "I i" is used in the Cyrillic alphabet today, but it used to be? That frilly collar looks like a medieval church collar. Believe some of the 1600 Puritan clergy here in the states wore similar collars. Then there is a slight possibility it could be an angel in that collar with the rounded sides/shoulders representing wings. The angel may be above a cross with only the IRNI still intact. The rest of the cross broken off? Medieval collars: [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop#/media/File%3AHenning_Toft_Bro1_(bispevielse).jpg']https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop#/media/File:Henning_Toft_Bro1_(bispevielse).jpg[/URL] I can't find a cross with angel head on top. Following are a few of 1600s tombstones with angel heads on top: [URL]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30Asa8r5I/AAAAAAAAH1M/wsnKmxb7yow/s1600/047.JPG[/URL] [URL]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ3z5gSKgfI/AAAAAAAAH1E/UU-GAB_BOPU/s1600/041.JPG[/URL] [URL]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y-PQrVcPM-0/TJ30EZm_A5I/AAAAAAAAH1Q/V8lxl8tkWqY/s1600/051.JPG[/URL] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]--- [/SIZE][SIZE=5]Susan[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]21499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21500[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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