Module 18: Art History: Early Christian to Modern Art, Early Christian Symbols:Eight-Spoked Ichtys Symbol

This is a video about the lesser known eight-spoked wheel ichthys ichthus symbol. The other is the ichthys fish/Jesus fish/Christian fish.rnrn”The use of the Ichthys symbol by early Christians appears to date from the end of the 1st century AD. Ichthus (ΙΧΘΥΣ, Greek for fish) can be read as an acrostic, a word formed from the first letters of several words. It compiles to “Jesus Christ, God’s son, savior,” in ancient Greek.”rn – Wikipedia