Where the Light Gets In

By DHThomas

JHS

on a calvary
jhs a new writing
for me anyway

Calvaries are plentiful in Brittany, but I had never seen the inscription JHS, or at least I had never paid attention to it.

A few seconds' typing taught me that these three letters (sometimes spelled IHS) are the first letter of Jesus in the Greek alphabet.

On top, as a banner rolled around the cross, you have the more usual INRI (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews).

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