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Old 28th July 2016, 06:52 AM #287
Posted by: kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CSA Consulate, Rm. 101, Glos. UK Posts: 2,288 Battle of the Milvian Bridge legend has it that just before the battle emperor constatine had a vision (from God) and had his legionnaires paint the chi-rho on their shields, and won the battle tho outnumbered. the 'vision' story, and the chi-rho on shields is likely not true, it's not mentioned until much later than the battle by christian scholars. constantine did convert to christianity, from the monotheistic sol invictus religion* & was the first to allow christianity as well as the traditional gods. ch-rho was thereafter popular theme on legionary tombstones and caskets. *this is why the christian sabbath is on SUNday. (missing attachments) . Last edited by fernando; 21st October 2017 at 06:32 PM. |
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Old 28th July 2016, 06:31 PM #288
Posted by: fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Originally Posted by kronckew *this is why the christian sabbath is on SUN DAY. (Quote) From when such day, originally called Dies Sole, due to it been a day for Pagans gathering, was changed to Dies Dominus (day of the Lord), declared the first day of the week. But i bet you don't know why in Portugal the rest of the week days have an exclusive nomenclature, decided by a Church big shot . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 04:55 PM. |
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Old 28th July 2016, 06:47 PM #289
Posted by: kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CSA Consulate, Rm. 101, Glos. UK monday=Segunda-feira tuesday=terça-feira thursday=quinta-feira friday=Sexta-feira saturday=sábado sunday=domingo boring workdays seem to be numerical, the weekend days are liturgical, saturday was the old sabbath day, sunday is in the church's minds, the lord's day (dominus), and thus the first day, which is why monday is segunda. feira=market, so i guess that the weekdays are market days, that is 'working' days where the people generally did not have the time to get into religious trouble, as opposed to the licentious weekends where they needed tha firm hand of the church's guidance to keep them in line. us heretics, however, still honour the old gods. . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 04:56 PM. |
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Old 28th July 2016, 09:10 PM #290
Posted by: fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Ah, ah . You missed wednesday=quarta-feira, by the way. The whole thing started in the year 563, when a church concilium was held in the Portuguese city of Braga. Bishop Martinho was the one that decided on naming the days in such way. Feira, first of all,comes from feria=resting (holiday). Contrary to one's perplexity that week days are for working and not for rest, the bishop's original idea was only to apply those names to the Holy Week, but later common people vulgarized the norm and attributed it to the whole year. Therefore the first day being Domingo, the next is segunda (second) feira, then terça (third) feira and so on. . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 04:57 PM. |
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Old 4th August 2016, 09:03 PM #291
Posted by: blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Does anybody recognize this mark? (missing attachments) . Last edited by fernando; 21st October 2017 at 06:32 PM. |
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Old 4th August 2016, 09:51 PM #292
Posted by: Jim McDougall EAA Research Consultant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Originally Posted by blue lander Does anybody recognize this mark? (Quote) What sort of blade is this on? Unusual to see this kind of cartouche on tang rather than blade. . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 04:59 PM. |
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Old 4th August 2016, 09:52 PM #293
Posted by: fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Yes, it should be interesting to see the whole blade. . Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 05:00 PM. |
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