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Sacred geometry. Inner section of Kepler's Platonic solid model of planetary spacing in the Solar System from Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596) Sacred geometry ascribes symbolic and sacred meanings to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric proportions. [1] It is associated with the belief of a divine creator of the universal geometer. The ...
1.9. The diagonal of a square produces double the area [of the square]. [...] 1.12. The areas [of the squares] produced separately by the lengths of the breadth of a rectangle together equal the area [of the square] produced by the diagonal. 1.13. This is observed in rectangles having sides 3 and 4, 12 and 5, 15 and 8, 7 and 24, 12 and 35, 15 ...
A Sator Square (laid out in the SATOR-format), etched onto a wall in the medieval fortress town of Oppède-le-Vieux, France. The Sator Square (or Rotas-Sator Square or Templar Magic Square) is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. [1] The earliest squares were found at Roman-era sites, all in ...
The vesica piscis is a type of lens, a mathematical shape formed by the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each disk lies on the perimeter of the other. [1] In Latin, " vesica piscis " literally means "bladder of a fish", reflecting the shape's resemblance to the conjoined dual air ...
Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a representation of an important Islamic figure according to many holy scriptures. The geometric designs in Islamic art are often built on combinations of repeated squares and circles, which may ...
Sacral architecture. Ornate details on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple, Singapore. Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques ...
Unalome (Thai: อุณาโลม) is the sacred Yantra used widely in Southeast Asian Buddhism. Yantra (यन्त्र; lit. 'machine'/'contraption' [1]) is a geometrical diagram, mainly from the Tantric traditions of the Indian religions. Yantras are used for the worship of deities in temples or at home; as an aid in meditation; and ...
Sangaku. A sangaku dedicated to Konnoh Hachimangu ( Shibuya, Tokyo) in 1859. Sangaku or san gaku ( Japanese: 算額, lit. 'calculation tablet') are Japanese geometrical problems or theorems on wooden tablets which were placed as offerings at Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples during the Edo period by members of all social classes.