File:Ichthus.svg

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Ichthus.svg ‎(SVG file, nominally 200 × 100 pixels, file size: 516 B)

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Ichthys symbol.

Español: Dibujada por Fibonacci, modificando un poco el código fuente de dominio público de Lupin.
English: Drawn by Fibonacci, modifying Lupin's PD source code a bit.

This Fish symbol was used in the early Church, when the Christians were being persecuted by the Romans. Christians then needed to be careful when dealing with strangers for fear of identification as a Christian and persecution. Most travelers carried staffs when they walked. When you encountered someone you would draw and arch in the ground with your staff. If the other person drew a reverse arch over yours it would form the Fish symbol. Both people would then know that they could safely talk about being a Christian.

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current10:41, 23 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 10:41, 23 December 2006200 × 100 (516 B)FibonacciSimplified code.
05:32, 2 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 05:32, 2 September 2006200 × 100 (564 B)Erin SilversmithTweaked the code, halving it in size (564b, 381b when gzipped) and making it display properly in Firefox.
04:52, 25 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:52, 25 January 2006200 × 101 (1 KB)FibonacciCreated by ~~~, modifying en:User:Lupin's PD source a bit. {{PD-self}}

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