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This plaque was once part of an altar cross on which a series of images illustrated Old Testament events (such as Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac) foreshadowing the Crucifixion. It depicts a vision of the prophet Ezekiel, who saw all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, except for those righteous ones whose foreheads had been marked with a sign, punished by death for their sins. According to the Latin text of the Bible used during the Middle Ages, this sign was T-shaped.
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"Vir vestit(us) lineis cum at(ra)mentario: \"\"A man clothed with linen with a writer's inkhorn.\"\"Non signati pereu(n)t: \"\"Those who do not bear the sign (T) perish.\"\"Tau crucis est signum sed magno nomine dignum / Nam premit interitum quod crucis est mertum: \"\"T is the symbol of the cross and",
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