This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Blagaj - 16th century Dervish monastery in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Hamam Ceiling Stars
some hexagrams
imitating the natural stars in the skies
I saw this motive in other Hamam pictures
CC picture by korom (c) from Fickr who shot it at
Blagaj
16th century Dervish monastery on the Buna River, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Six pointed star with moon
Blagaj Monastery
CC picture by KOKONIS (c) from Fickr
Info needed about a JMPRESA VIVERI Token
Photo by Luca
(c)
Patrizia Di Monte from Italy searches information about an old token with a six pointed star.
The face reports "JMPRESA VIVERI" surrounding the star of David, with a 5 pointed star on 6 o' clock, and on the other side a number "20".
This may be a token for food distribution from/to Hebrew community during second world war, in concentration camps. The strange thing is that in italian "IMPRESA VIVERI" is for "food business" but they use the "I" and not the "J" as first letter. There are some other token with "J" in place of "I" as the first capital letter, and they are mint in Germany.