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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.
@freemo Well, Islam has always thought Jesus as a prophet.
@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.
@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 >.<