Otherwise, it may just be a Rub el Hizb, a Muslim symbol represented as two overlapping squares, which is used as a marker for the end of a chapter in Arabic calligraphy. You can find it in Unicode as the glyph ۞.
The American band Faith No More used the eight-pointed star on the cover of their 1985 album We Care a Lot and this symbol is present on every page of their website.
External links: Star of Lakshmi - Lakshmi - Rub el Hizb - Faith No More - We Care a Lot (Wikipedia) - Faith No More (Official website)
9 comments:
Great looking iron detail. Thank you for the information about this graphic shape.
The wonderful things we learn by reading our friends' blogs . . .
Beautiful design.
I'm amazed at what you find.
So much to learn here. Thanks for getting me started. Especially what pertains to Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock.
So cool how they bent the metal into this shape for your railing.
What a nice find. And thanks for the explanation. I had no idea of the meaning behind this symbol!
So beautiful VP. Thank you.
They say rust is a photographer's friend.
A very interesting and well documented explanation, VP. Thanks!
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