At 15:00 10/06/2005 +0200, Jean-Yves Artero wrote:
O with a dot in the middle is good description of the alchemical symbol for
gold/sun.
Yes, of course: and that reminds me that I have written about
O-with-a-dot-in-before, sorry. :-)
IIRC, according to Fred Gettings "Dictionary of occult, hermetic and
alchemical sigils", the modern use of this glyph originated in Florence
circa 1480, and was probably appropriated from an Egyptian sun glyph.
Cheers, ....Nick Pelling....
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