Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
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The follow<strong>in</strong>g signs are portrayed on walls, columns <strong>and</strong><br />
stelae <strong>of</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong> churches <strong>and</strong> monasteries: an eight-petalled<br />
rosette ; a circle with an eight-petalled rosette ; eight<br />
sharp-po<strong>in</strong>ted rays ; circles with eight sharp-po<strong>in</strong>ted rays<br />
; a circle with eight revolv<strong>in</strong>g rays ; a circle with a double<br />
cross ; a circle with a cross ; cross ; swastika , <strong>and</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r geometric ornaments. Here also, <strong>the</strong> images <strong>of</strong> creatures,<br />
such as sheep , lion , bull , bird are <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
portrayed (see: Chub<strong>in</strong>ashvili 1936, I; Kakabadze 2003, 17, 35,<br />
128, 129, 163, 247, 250; Mepisaschwili, Z<strong>in</strong>zadse 1986, 231,<br />
290, 352, 359, 362, 364, 365; Gambaschidze, Hauptmann,<br />
Slotta, Yalç<strong>in</strong> 2001, 32, 40, 42; Ramishvili 2008, 174, Pl.<br />
XXIV, 1-4; 175, Pl. XXV, 1-4; 176, Pl. XXVI, 3; 178, Pl.<br />
XXVIII, 1; 180, Pl. XXX). <strong>On</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong> icons <strong>and</strong> crosses an<br />
eight-petalled rosette , eight sharp-po<strong>in</strong>ted rays <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
signs are given (Gambaschidze, Hauptmann, Slotta, Yalç<strong>in</strong> 2001,<br />
36, 37, 41, 45).<br />
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