IHC

E235212

IHC is a Christogram, a traditional Christian monogram representing the name of Jesus derived from the first three letters of his name in Greek.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
IHC canonical 3
IHS 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian symbol ⓘ
Christogram ⓘ
associatedWith the Holy Name of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Holy Name of Jesus
category Christograms in Christianity ⓘ
derivedFrom first three letters of Jesus in Greek ⓘ
ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma) ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Greek ⓘ
meaning abbreviation of the name Jesus ⓘ
relatedTo Chi-Rho ⓘ
linked to: Chi-Rho monogram

IHS ⓘ
religiousFunction devotional symbol ⓘ
identifier of Christian faith ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
represents Jesus Christ ⓘ
the name of Jesus ⓘ
scriptOrigin Greek alphabet ⓘ
symbolType monogram ⓘ
usedAs monogram of Christ ⓘ
usedBy Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
usedIn Christian art ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
church decoration ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem Latin letters representing Greek initials ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy Name of Jesus → hasMonogram → IHS ⓘ
linked to: IHC
JHS → hasVariant → IHC ⓘ