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Old 10th December 2012, 06:48 PM   #1
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Please show the rest, too.
In the center there are the seven seals of Solomon (= very famous pan-Islamic talismanic motifs).
It's strange that motif #2 is supposed to be #7. Otherwise they are in the proper order with the star (#1) repeated.

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Old 10th December 2012, 06:54 PM   #2
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Please show the rest, too.
In the center there are most of the seven seals of Solomon (= very famous pan-Islamic talismanic motifs).

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you will find all the pics in my thread "Need id and translation for a big blunderbuss."
Please tell me more if possible about this blunderbuss marks

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Old 10th December 2012, 07:10 PM   #3
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OK,

Here is a copy from Canaan. It's in German but it gives you some ideas. The main thing is that it is based on the symbolism of the number 7.

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Reference: Canaan, T. 1914. Aberglaube und Volksmedizin im Lande der Bibel. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co.

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Please tell me more if possible about this blunderbuss marks

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Old 10th December 2012, 07:23 PM   #4
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Here I found a short explanation in French, too.
It's from Doutté and the square with the seals in is a version of the Latin square where, usually a formula or passage from the Qur'an, is repeated in such a way that the same symbol/word only occurs once in each direction.
If you combine the table from Canaan with the explanation from Doutté I think you will get most of it...

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Reference: Doutté, Edmond. 1909. Magie & religion dans l’Afrique du Nord. Alger: Typographe Adolphe Jourdan.
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Old 11th December 2012, 05:28 PM   #5
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Default there is in this place so much knowledge here !

I have to says that his discussion forum is really fantastic and I there is in this place so much knowledge ,Michael I have really appreciate your precious help ,I was not expect this documentation about pan-Islamic talismanic motifs and I can’t thank you enough for your answer. I was afraid that all those signs was without significations and now I will appreciate much more this Blunderbuss.

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are these symbols by chance from pre-islamic times?
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are these symbols by chance from pre-islamic times?
I'd say that would be very difficult to prove, though many occult minds like to believe these symbols ancient. Many of these magickal alphabets that are not from actual languages don't really appear in writing until the 15th or 16th centuries.
BTW, while certainly talismanic and i suppose technically a "seal" i would not refer to this as one of Solomon's seals. Originally Solomon's Seal was said to be a signet ring used to command spirits and demons. There have been many variations of the seal depicted over the centuries, most often in disk form as a medallion and featuring either the 6-pointed star of the pentagram.
http://www.google.com/search?q=seal+...w=1394&bih=768
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