Indian] Christians; there Gaspar the Magus held dominion". The phrase hic rex caspar habitavit (here lived King Caspar) is inscribed over the Golden Chersonese...
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Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to: Caspar (magus), a name traditionally given to one of the Three Magi in the Bible who brought the baby...
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Western Christian tradition, one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is...
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Melchior, or Melichior, was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi (along with Caspar and Balthazar) who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior...
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Christianity, the Biblical Magi (/ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/ MAY-jy or /ˈmædʒaɪ/ MAJ-eye; singular: magus), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished...
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be amongst the rest of the Medici portraits. On the east wall, Caspar, the youngest Magus, leads the end of the procession on a white horse. This figure...
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edition of Giorgio Vasari's Lives (1500). Vasari wrote that the oldest Magus, Caspar, was a depiction of Cosimo de’ Medici (r.1434-1464), who was the head...
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meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though no names are given...
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Gondophares (section The Biblical Magus "Gaspar")
University, has noted that this ruler has been identified with a king called Caspar in the Christian tradition of the Apostle St Thomas and his visit to India...
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