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.

Monday, October 06, 2014

Tombstone of David Moshe Laniero

Bordeaux; 1731. Fig. 20 from Signum Salomonis by Leite De Vasconcelos (1918) who wrote that it "alludes to the name of the deceased...

Monday, September 29, 2014

The Star of David its Origin and its Meanings

The Star of David - Can we uncover its original meaning? It has a geometric, abstract, origin. It is made up of two triangles which ...

Monday, September 22, 2014

New Star of David Molecule

Here's an Email I got today: Dear Zeevveez, I am a synthetic chemist - not jewish - but I hope you will enjoy the structure of...

Friday, September 19, 2014

Hindoo emblem, called Sri Iantra

[This] "is an ancient Hindoo emblem, called Sri Iantra. The circle represents the world, in which the living exist; the triangle ...

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Arabic Tombstone from the Cairo Museum

Stars of David flanking an octagram engraved on an Arabic tombstone from 8-9th century exhibited at the Cairo Museum Source: Sig...

First (?) Star of David in the Bronze Age in Britain and France

Star of David appears as one of the principal patterns of the Bronze Age in Britain and France Source: Early Man in Britain and His ...

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Star of David - a Poem by Rick Black

I am loath to open the archival box in which it is kept. Yet I can not resist and delicately lift the top to find white ga...

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