Star of David

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.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Eliphas Levi, Talisman

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Photo of The first pentacle of the sun is copied from Clavicula Solomonis.  ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT (ELIPHAS LEVI) was a famous French occ...

Christian Six-pointed Star

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David J. Ross  in his article [titled: The Bird, The Cross, And The Emperor] quoted Trexler as saying that before Constantine the most commo...

Collage

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Collage of Magen David emblems that appeared recently on happy New Year cards is courtesy of Designer Hayim Shtayer. This is a real joy fo...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Mosque of Cordoba

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Cordoba Mosque  six pointed star at the Dome CC Picture by SantiMB (c) from Flickr six pointed stars on Window Grills of  La Mezquita ...

Mosque in Lahore

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Following is an excerpt from a web page dedicated to The Great Art Of The Alhambra De Granada The star was the most common Islamic desi...

Tables of the Covenant

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Tables of the Covenant inside a Star of David on a detail from a happy New Year card sent in 1943 by Moshe Bar Yuda to his friend. From ...

Pilgrim Festival

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Star of David , Menorah and a drawing of the Western Wall on a detail from a happy New Year card sent decades ago by Moshe Bar Yuda to his...
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I Published 22 books - 10 in print and 12 online. The full list appears on my Flickr Profile. Among them: Star of David Album [English]; Star of David Black and White [Hebrew]; Yellow Badge Album [Hebrew] Thing's Name [Hebrew], I am Such a Brazilian Woman [Hebrew, Iton 77] with co-author Iara Czeresnia. I Initiated several art shows about the Star of David, about the yellow star and about the Old Testament
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