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.

Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Sunday, January 28, 2018

18th century Haftarah Book with Two Gold Stars of David

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Two Gold Stars of David This illuminated, undated codex thought to date from the 18th century consists of a Haftarah… The scribe and...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Iranian Six-pointed star from early 13th century CE

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 Exhibit in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Photographer: Daderot CC Wikimedia  Commons  

King Solomon Manuscript 1558

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King Solomon  Detail from a Manuscript  Windows with Solomon Seals or Stars of David  Year:  1558 Sultan Suleyman in the Guise o...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Brewers’ Stars and the Star of David

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 Brewers’ Stars and the Star of David in: Jacob Linckh, Landauer Band I (1659), Seite 118v It is a well-known fact that the Brew...
Tuesday, March 08, 2016

The graves of Jewish soldiers marked with the Star of David since September 18, 1919

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"The graves of Jewish soldiers who died in France will be marked with the Mogen David, "Star of David," according to an ann...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

The Star of David as an Archaeological Artifact

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Introduction Archaeologists have not found, yet, in their excavations the shield used by King David in his wars, so we do not know if th...
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