المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1860
مكان النشر
Lebanon (made) -
الموضوع
Magic Square
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Length: 2.7cm, Height: 2.7cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
87-1873
رقم السجل
87-1873
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1860
ملاحظات
Amulets, which were believed to protect the owner against harm of all kind, were widely worn in the Islamic world. They could take many forms. This little silver square is engraved with a careful pattern of Arabic characters which form a âmagic squareâ. Magic squares can contain numbers or letters. Their potency derives from the way in which they are arranged, where the numbers typically add up to the same sum in each direction, and the letters form words or phrases with hidden meanings.
نص عينة
Note Inscription; decoration
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Engraved sheet silver Silver
Fiziksel açıklama
Square of sheet silver with the front divided into 25 squares, each containing an Arabic character. There is a small hole for suspension drilled in the centre of the top side.
