Help with talismanic inscriptions?

Tim Simmons · 30th January 2007, 12:04 PM

The scales/eggs are the garden of Eden/paradise and the clouds the sky and gateway to the divine light and throne of god.
I am turning into a carpet salesman

. They do help explain Islamic iconography. With this Turkish example the same message is behind a much more formal arrangement. The garden/paradise is a single plant in a pedestal bowl. Kashmir to Turkey is nearly as far as Kashmir to PI echoing the spread of Islam. I bet if members look they will see more of this stylised motif on other weapons.

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30th January 2007, 12:04 PM	#18
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	The scales/eggs are the garden of Eden/paradise and the clouds the sky and gateway to the divine light and throne of god. I am turning into a carpet salesman . They do help explain Islamic iconography. With this Turkish example the same message is behind a much more formal arrangement. The garden/paradise is a single plant in a pedestal bowl. Kashmir to Turkey is nearly as far as Kashmir to PI echoing the spread of Islam. I bet if members look they will see more of this stylised motif on other weapons.