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.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

The circle the pentagram and the hexagram

Ingrid Hehmeyer wrote in her research titled “Water and Sign Magic in al-Jabin, Yemen” that analysys of manuscripts proves that the pent...

Paolo Da Visso 1450

Painter Paolo Da Visso painted the Madona and on her robe printed in gold a few stars of David Exhibited at Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais

Six pointed stars on a Byzantine Coin

Anastasius I, 491 - 518 C.E. Bronze follis (coin) minted in Constantinople, 512 C.E. The M marks 40 nummi Along with a cross abov...

The Fleur de Lys symbol in England

From: The Handbook to English Heraldry by Charles Boutell, 1914, The fleur de lys entered France by LOUIS VII. (A.D. 1137-1180) as his roy...

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Polarities

Picture is copied from Wikipedia and it shows a hexagram from 15th Century, gouache on cloth from 'Jain Cosmology', Ravi Kumar, 200...

Friday, January 14, 2011

Six pointed star in Rangoli- Video Clip

Six pointed star in Rangoli The traditional decorative folk art of India Rangoli, Jayanagar , Mysore, India

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Star of David in Jewish Printed Amulets

Deluga, Waldemar, and Iwona Zych in their article titled “Jewish Printed Amulets.” |(Print Quarterly 20, no. 4 (2003): 369-373.) claim that...

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