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This is the house crests of the Three Magii from the bible (the three wise men). It is c1490 though the crests of course were known much farther back than that. This comes from two separate sources, the other being a painting "The adoration of hte Magii".
Notice that one of the crests is effectively the moon and star seen on islamic flags. This is no coincidence, Islam and Christianity have always been closely linked.
@AutisticLady Yup, most people just dont realize how much overlap there is in the teaching and history of both.
@freemo Mohammad stated it was okay for Jewish and Christian wives that married into a Muslim family to keep worshiping the way they always did before the marriage.
Any other religion was required to convert.
@AutisticLady Yea I've heard that before. Its a really enlightened stance to take, particularly for the time period.
@freemo there was an entire book I remember reading in high school (I picked it out, wasn't required for any class) that went through the history of how they are connected so deeply with each other.
Hum...I don't remember the name of it though.
I remember reading it under a tree waiting for Breaking Benjamin to start playing at Big Spring Jam...that is an aside though.
@AutisticLady haha, it sounds like an interesting read for sure.
@freemo I also remember it started raining and the book got wet even though I hid it in the back pack.
took days to get it to dry off, luckly the ink didn't run badly...
amusing I can remember that but not the title of it >.<
@freemo Good find! The Crescent was a popular symbol of Byzantium (i.e. Constantinople, the โotherโ Rome), linked to a story about the cityโs protection by the Moon goddess, Astarte, during a siege by Philip of Macedon. Most pre-Islamic representations seem to show the crescent facing upwards with the star above. The symbol survived the conversion of the city to Chrsitianity. It seems to have spread to Western heraldry after the Crusades. Still, I think itโs uncommon in the West.
@pwgallagher Awesome details. I love this stuff.
@freemo Well, Islam has always thought Jesus as a prophet.