Eleanor - IHS is a contraction of the Greek for Jesus , Iesous Christos. Other versions of the same are IC and XC which are seen on icon paintings. Sometimes you may see I.H.S. which is a later corrupt Latin transliteration "Iesus Hominum Salvator" meaning Jesus Saviour of Mankind. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: [IRL~CEMS] Re: Letters I H S - Meaning Please? > I knew R I P from Latin in schooldays sixty years ago but can someone help > please with the I H S centered at the top of a gravestone I have > photographed? Thanks from Eleanor in Sydney NSW > > > ==== IRELAND-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > All mail to the list must be addressed to; [email protected] > if you don't follow the above example, it will end up in the trash can. > >