| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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—i.e. the Greek IHΣ, meaning IHΣoυ (Jesus), the long e (H) being mistaken for a capital H, and the dash perverted into a cross. The letters being thus obtained, St. Bernardine of Siena, in 1347, hit upon the Latin anagram, Jesus Hom’inum Salvator. In Greek, I  oυε ‘Hε ε o Σ . In German, Jesus Heiland Seligmacher. In English, Jesus Heavenly Saviour. | 1 |
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I.H.S. A notarica of Japheth, Ham, Seth, the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the Flood. | 2 |
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