Re: pentacle
From Gerfried Fuchs <alf...@innocent.com>
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· 25 Aug 2000 00:00 · View full thread
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, jb <jes...@chem4823.usask.ca> wrote: > No, I didn't. A Pentacle is a pentagram encircled, (as you should know if > you are aware of the tarot suit). I once did rediddle such a thing, it is on <http://alfie.ist.org/ascii/unsorted.html>, here is a repost of it: ____ .--~~ /\ ~~--. / / \ \ ,' / \ `. -------/------\------- `~--._/ \_.--~' ` /~~--__--~~\ ' \ / _-~ ~-_ \ / `/_-~ ~-_\' ~~--____--~~ -Nightshifter/alf According to my dict program (Linux, go and install it ;-): -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pentacle \Pen"ta*cle\ (?), n. [Gr. &?; five.] A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages. From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]: pentacle n : a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon [syn: {pentagram}] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to this definition it's not one enclosed in a circle (and that was also what I thought)... But the strange thing is that the david star is here also called pentacle (or maybe more obviously _was_ called :). Definitions change from time to time, and also through social environments. Anyway, here is a little Pentacle to the first definition: /\ .--/--\--, \/ \/ /\ /\ '--\--/--` \/ alf So long! Alfie -- If men acted after marriage as they do during courtship, there would be fewer divorces -- and more bankruptcies. -- Frances Rodman
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,665c98ce1c79ae5b X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: alf...@innocent.com (Gerfried Fuchs) Subject: Re: pentacle Date: 2000/08/25 Message-ID: <200...@skater.priv.at>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 662322208 References: <Pin...@chem4823.usask.ca> <1ef...@avalon.eyep.net> <Pin...@chem4823.usask.ca> X-Signature-Color: cyan Mail-Copies-To: nobody Comments: This is my personal opinion... X-Editor: Vim - Vi IMproved <http://www.vim.org/> X-Signature-Prg: sigd/0.8.2 (Perl) <http://alfie.ist.org/sigd/> X-newsgroup: alt.ascii-art Organization: FAQ-Team for at.linux User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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