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۲۴ طرح و نقش ایرانی که از چین تا روم برای چند صد سال استفاده میشده |
Iranian Identity: 24 #Iranian motifs & designs used for centuries from ancient China to Rome. |
1: 3-dot or 3-pearl motif: Very popular in Sasanian Iran...
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Iranian Identity: 24 #Iranian motifs & designs used for centuries from ancient China to Rome. |
1: 3-dot or 3-pearl motif: Very popular in Sasanian Iran...
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It's likely an aniconic representation of the Iranian, Zoroastrian deity Tishtrya | تیشتَر , though at times it could have taken a simple astronomical meaning as well
Spot it on clothing!
Spot it on clothing!
1: 3-dot or 3-pearl motif
Undoubtedly, this design is Iranian, #Sasanian or possibly pre-Sasanian in origin.
Representations at Taqe Bostan, including on clothing of Ahura Mazda. These parts of Taqe Bostan are associated with Khosrow II (570-628)
Given internal...
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Undoubtedly, this design is Iranian, #Sasanian or possibly pre-Sasanian in origin.
Representations at Taqe Bostan, including on clothing of Ahura Mazda. These parts of Taqe Bostan are associated with Khosrow II (570-628)
Given internal...
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Thread. What is the link between #red & worms? Why is there an insect whose Latin name is '#worm little worm'? Let's start with a Sanskrit term: "krimija", "worm-made". (I know no Sanskrit, so please feel free to offer better translations). This was borrowed into Persian as قرمز.
2... qermez (contemporary Tehran pronunciation: ghermez), meaning 'red'. Above, popular Iranian children's TV character kolah ghermezi, 'red hat'. This appears to have happened in early Islamic times; in Middle Persian 'red' is 'sukhr' (New Persian sorkh). What about the worms?
3. Well, before the advent of synthetic #chemistry in the 2nd half of the 19th century, #dyes & pigments were mostly obtained from plant roots, or in certain cases, animals. The most famous is the 'imperial purple' obtained from the glands of Mediterranean sea snails.
