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Version of the "Shield of the Trinity" diagram included in a ca. 1230 manuscript of Robert Grosseteste's writings (Durham Cathedral manuscript A.III.12, f. 14v).

In this version of the diagram, the "EST" and "NON EST" captions of the links connecting the nodes are written in both directions along each link. The captions in the top two nodes are the usual "PATER" and abbreviated "SPS SCS" (with abbreviation-indicating overlines over each word). The central node has "Divina Essentia" instead of the usual "DEUS". The bottom node presumably reads "FILIUS DEUS ET HOMO" (though I can't fully resolve the scribal abbreviations). The purpose of the long curving red lines is unclear; they aren't part of the main links, and do not enclose the overall diagram in a shield...
Date circa 1230
date QS:P,+1230-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source From a photograph of Durham Cathedral manuscript A.III.12, f. 14v; see http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s1pr76f348c.xml ; https://iiif.durham.ac.uk/index.html?manifest=t1m9593tv186&canvas=t1t1r66j2302 etc
Author Unknown ca. 1230 scribe
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current18:28, 26 November 2018Thumbnail for version as of 18:28, 26 November 2018831 × 678 (216 KB)AnonMoos{{Information |Description=Version of the "en:Shield of the Trinity" diagram included in a ca. 1230 manuscript of Robert Grosseteste's writings (Durham Cathedral manuscript A.III.12, f. 14v). In this version of the diagram, the "EST" and "NON EST" captions of the links connecting the nodes are written in both directions along each link. The captions in the top two nodes are the usual "PATER" and abbreviated "SPS SCS" (with abbreviation-indicating overlines over each word). The centra...

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