Keywords: Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-earliest-and-latest-major-variants.svg The earliest and most recent major variations of the Shield of the Trinity or Scutum Fidei diagram of traditional Christian trinitarian symbolism ;Left A slightly schematized version of the forms of the diagram found in several 13th-century manuscripts including a 1208-1216 manuscript of Peter of Poitiers' Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi the heraldic shields in Matthew Paris' Chronica Majora 1250-1259 A D and a http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/illmanus/cottmanucoll/d/011cotjuld00007u00003v00 html 1247-1258 manuscript of the writings of John of Wallingford In two of these manuscripts the cross is actually shown as a detailed artistic illumination of Christ on the cross which is not attempted here ;Right A example of the type of depiction recently popularized among some English-speaking Protestants by books such as The Moody Handbook of Theology by Paul P Enns 1989 and Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine by H Wayne House 1992 etc The version here was redrawn from scratch with exactly symmetric geometry increased relative lowercase font size etc See article Shield of the Trinity for further explanation and discussion SVG version of en File Shield-Trinity-Scutum-Fidei-earliest-and-latest-major-variants png converted from the following vector PostScript source code <pre> 1 175 dup scale/ def def/N counttomark /Q grestore /r rotate /s setgray /p N 2 idiv N -2 roll rlineto repeat /q gsave /m moveto /M xmakefont setfont /x 0 0 /O show /t /Times-Roman findfont /c newpath 57 5 0 360 arc q 1 s fill Q l /l stroke /w setlinewidth /v rmoveto /o scalefont setfont mark q 25 350 translate 4025 dup scale 2 75 w/X t 36 o /Z X 49 5 0 v NON EST O /W X 14 0 v EST O 8 984 625 075 m 267 201 -154 434 0 -408 241 47 63 x 408 241 267 74 154 434 -23 815 41 25 -267 19 -154 434 -267 74 154 434 p q 1 s fill Q l 26 397 646 7 m 268 1 -584 3 11 0 268 1 584 3 -554 0 p l -23 983 641 04 m 275 483 -600 39 97 0 275 483 600 39 -30 51 96 -595 964 0 p l 174 656 5 m Z q 65 352 r 373 -288 5 m Z Q q -65 352 r -369 258 m Z Q 48 75 w 300 348 m 0 -228 25 p l 50 w 223 5 271 5 m 153 0 p l 2 75 w 300 484 391 c 19 25 645 7 c 580 75 645 7 c 300 65 4 c q 30 r 617 257 m W Q q -30 r -190 558 m W Q q -90 r -432 6 289 m W Q t 33 5 o -31 75 637 5 m P O -2 5 0 v A O -2 5 0 v TER O 300 65 4 m -51 42 -8 2 v FILIUS O 250 75 473 5 m t 38 o DEUS O t 23 o 580 75 645 7 m -50 5 85 v SPIRITUS O 580 75 645 7 m -51 7 -15 15 v S O - 75 0 v ANCTUS O Q -1 0 translate q 193 310 translate 6 dup scale 2 75 w 1 s 300 278 75 163 25 360 0 arcn 300 278 75 206 25 0 360 arc fill 0 s 300 278 75 163 25 360 0 arcn l 300 278 75 206 25 0 360 arc l 321 5 428 75 m 0 -137 587 119 154 -68 793 -21 5 -37 239 -119 154 68 793 -119 154 -68 793 -21 5 37 239 119 154 68 793 0 137 587 p q 1 s fill Q l 77 150 m 77 150 124 0 60 arc q 1 s fill Q l 523 150 m 523 150 124 120 180 arc q 1 s fill Q l 300 536 247 m 300 536 25 124 240 300 arc q 1 s fill Q l q 5 5 w 300 278 75 translate/A pop -21 0 m 0 40 21 40 21 -40 0 -40 p /B pop -16 -2 m 0 37 16 43 16 -43 0 -37 p 18 r 0 72 288 A l 72 r for q 36 r 0 72 288 B l 72 r for Q 0 72 288 A 1 s fill 72 r for q 36 r 0 72 288 B 1 s fill 72 r for Q Q 3 5 w 77 150 m 446 0 -223 386 247 p closepath l t 28 o 269 5 270 5 m 1 0 GOD ashow t 24 25 o 255 25 429 5 m F O - 75 0 v A O - 5 0 v THER O 121 174 5 m 1 0 SON ashow 413 174 5 m 5 0 SPIRIT ashow 291 376 m 5 0 is ashow q -30 r 221 384 5 m 5 0 is ashow Q q 30 r 284 85 25 m 5 0 is ashow Q 273 88 m 5 0 is not ashow q -60 r -119 5 576 25 m 5 0 is not ashow Q q 60 r 365 56 5 m 5 0 is not ashow Q Q pop showpage EOF</pre> Text was converted to paths for improved display 2009 AnonMoos Shield of the Trinity Images with PostScript source code SVG in Latin |