GUBBIO: THE ITALIAN RENNES-LE-CHATEAU

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The recent discovery of glyphs engraved on Mount Ingino and of a palindrome with clear references to a ?black queen? put Gubbio at the centre of a mystery around which curious characters gravitated, between the XIX and XX centuries
             
The grotto of Sant?Agnese, formerly known as the Grotto of Sant?Agata.,
The palindrome NIGER REGIN of the Ingino,


Central to the story are a painter from the nineteenth century, a painting of disquieting features and a man obsessed with that painting and then a grotto halfway up the mount Ingino, under a steep ridge of grey rock which emerges from the greenery, like the fleshless knee of a titan, hurled into the bowels of the mountain by the wrath of the gods and, among the rocks in the grotto, appears the enigmatic intersection of incomprehensible words, even though they are set out according to a mathematical logic, according to a symmetry that is as perfect as it is evasive, arranged in a magic square:

NIGER

INARE

GALAG

ERANI

REGIN


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Hello Luc

I agree with Xavier...Once again thank you for the amazing post and link.

I suspect that this is connected with the black Madonna cult. Some churches today have have black Madonnas and I recall there is one in a church in the Azores. One was even transported to the New World in South America.

I have some more information some where in my archives. But i have to dig a little.

Hardluck 

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Hello Luc

I will scan the articles and post them. It is an interesting article on black Madonnas and its origins.

A Black Madonna, Black Queen or Black Virgin is a statue or painting of Mary in which she is depicted with dark or black skin, especially those created in Europe in the medieval period or earlier. In this specialized sense "Black Madonna" does not apply to images of the Virgin Mary portrayed as explicitly black African, which are popular in Africa and areas with large black populations, such as the United States.

Some statues get their color from the material used, such as ebony or other dark wood, but there is debate about whether this choice of material is significant. Others were originally light-skinned but have become darkened over time, for example by candle soot. This is generally thought to be the explanation for most medieval "black" images of Mary, but this theory has been contested by those who believe that the color of originally-dark Madonnas had some esoteric significance.

The Black Madonnas are generally found in Catholic areas. The statues are mostly wooden but occasionally stone, often painted and up to 75 cm tall, generally dating from between the 11th and 15th centuries.

They fall into two main groups: free-standing upright figures and seated figures on a throne. The pictures are usually icons which are Byzantine in style, often made in 13th or 14th century Italy. Their faces tend to have recognizably European features. There are about 450-500 Black Madonnas in Europe, depending on how they are classified.

There are at least 180 Vierges Noires in France, and there are hundreds of non-medieval copies as well. Some are in museums, but most are in churches or shrines and are venerated by devotees. A few are associated with miracles.

There are many theories and claims to the origin of black Madonnas.

Some claim an association between Black Madonnas, the Templars and St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Ean Begg suggests they were revered by an esoteric cult with Templar and Cathar links, but this idea is dismissed by most historians, who also reject stories of connections with Mary Magdalene, and Gnosticism.

But I prefer to keep an open mind.

Hardluck

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Hi Hardluck

Thank you Hardluck, for your interesting information concerning the Black Virgin. On 180 black virgins of France, one is every year very worshipped and the place gives to big gathering of the travellers (gypsies) in " Saintes Maries de la Mer ", surprising thing this city is in the South of Rennes Ch?teau and by the sea. Another virgin is also very worshipped every year, The Virgin Mary Madeleine in the Cave of Saint Baume (department of the Var). Please take a look in few hour in Rennes le Chateau topic for a new writting about this.

Thanks to Xavier his comments.

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