Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Kriegshaber, Communal Seal

Shield of David Kriegshaber, Communal Seal
From Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf
The Shield of David is found on the seal of the community of Kriegshaber (in southern Germany) and it bears the Hebrew inscription Kriegshaber community.

Kremsir, Communal Seal

Shield of David Kremsir, Communal Seal
From Jewish Encyclopedia entry "seal" by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf
The Shield of David is found on the seal of the community of Kremsir [Town in Moravia, Austria] from about 1690.

Prague, Communal Seal

Prague Communal Seal magen davidFrom Jewish Encyclopedia entry: Seal by Joseph Jacobs & Albert Wolf

The seal of the ghetto of Prague is from 1627. The Jewish star surrounds a Swedish hat and has the caption "Sigillum Antiquæ Communitatis Pragensis Judæorum," with the
letters "magistrat" in the corners.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Eliphas Levi, Talisman

Eliphas Levi, Talisman Solomon’s seal

Photo of The first pentacle of the sun is copied from Clavicula Solomonis. 

ALPHONSE LOUIS CONSTANT (ELIPHAS LEVI) was a famous French occultist of the nineteenth century. In his book Clavicula Solomonis he described talismans with six-pointed stars (Solomon’s seals) such as the one above.

Christian Six-pointed Star

David J. Ross  in his article [titled: The Bird, The Cross, And The Emperor] quoted Trexler as saying that before Constantine the most common star of the Magi was the six-pointed star; sometimes with the Greek letters iota and chi, which are the first letters in the Greek word for “Jesus” and “Christ.” After 312, the star had been replaced by the chi and rho, the first two Greek letters of the word “Christ".

Collage

joy for the eyes of the Star of David enthusiasts

Collage of Magen David emblems that appeared recently on happy New Year cards is courtesy of Designer Hayim Shtayer. This is a real joy for the eyes of the Star of David enthusiasts…

Copyright © Hayim Shtayer 2008

Monday, February 18, 2008

Mosque of Cordoba

Cordoba Mosque 
six pointed star at the Dome
CC Picture by
SantiMB
(c)
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.