Mosque of Cordoba

Cordoba Mosque 

six pointed star at the Dome

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SantiMB

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from Flickr

six pointed stars on

Window Grills of La Mezquita

Reviewer karam Ramrakha from Syendy, New South Wales AU commented on a book titled  The Origin of the Mosque of Cordoba :

The Moors were nomads but when they went to Spain they became suddenly builders. This runs counter to the fact that a conqueror can only bring to a conquered country what the conqueror has in his own country... cf the Greek Romans and British. The Mosque at Cordoba has the Shakti-Chakra (six pointed star of the Hindus), which is the same as the Star of David of the Jews... this is quoted by Michener in his book Iberia...

B. Lynn Bodner wrote about The Geometric Structure of Portal and Window Grills of La Mezquita (The Great Mosque) of Cordoba and brought a photo of a Marble Window Grille, second of two found flanking a door on the northern wall of La Mezquita.

Mosque in Lahore

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 design. In Islamic design, the star is a regular geometric shape that symbolizes equal radiation in all directions from a central point. All regular stars -- whether they have 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 points -- are created by a division of a circle into equal parts.

Here is an example from that web page of a Solomon's Seal found in a mosque at Lahore, Pakistan:

Tables of the Covenant

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 Hayim Shtayer’s collection.

Pilgrim Festival

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 friend. From Hayim Shtayer’s collection.

Exceeding Good Land

A detail from a happy New Year card sent decades ago by Moshe Bar Yuda to his friend. Caption is from the Bible: If I forget Thee. In the center of the Magen David a line from the national anthem and the Israeli map.

From Hayim Shtayer’s collection.

Vandalism?

Red Star of David was painted on the stonewall of the pool at
Manya Schochat park, Carmel center, Haifa, in February 2008. My first reaction was: Vandalism, but later I assumed it may be a legitimate protest: why are the municipalities wasting money on luxuries while people are suffering hunger and injustice?
Photo taken by graphic designer Hayim Shtayer.
Copyright: © Hayim Shtayer 2008.

Anglican Graves

This rare Photo is courtesy of Webrarian who wrote to me:

I was in Wales over the weekend and spotted three graves, which had both Stars of David and the IHS symbol - one at each end. The three graves were for members of the same family - the Spencers. They were farmers, brewers and innkeepers.

IHS stands for: Iesus Hominum Salvator.

As far as I can recall, this is the first Anglican six-pointed star that I stumbled upon. These first appearances are the highlights of this blog and its justification...