Chrismon (diplomacy)

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Chrismon and verbal invocatio in the diploma of Heinrich III. from 1053

In the doctrine of documents , a graphic symbol is called Chrismon , which stands for the invocation of God. It introduces the beginning of the document as a symbolic invocatio ; in the Carolingian royal charter it is also in front of the chancellor's line and sometimes before the date . It developed in the 7th to 8th centuries from the cursive spelling of In Dei nomine , but was redesigned in the East Franconian chancellery in the middle of the 9th century , which was formative for later use: Based on the German imperial and royal charter the sign on the basic form of a C since that time .

literature

  • Erika Eisenlohr: From ligated to symbolic invocation and recognition signs . In: Peter Rück (Ed.): Graphic symbols in medieval documents. Contributions to diplomatic semiotics . Sigmaringen 1996, pp. 167-262 (historical auxiliary sciences 3). ISBN 3-799-54203-5
  • Wilhelm Erben : The imperial and royal documents of the Middle Ages in Germany, France and Italy. With an introduction by Oswald Redlich . Munich and Berlin 1907, pp. 140-145. (Reprinted 1967)