RE: VMs: O with a dotin the middle

[fion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Jean,
Yes, please. I would be interested to see if it has any 
significant semnification to the Benedictan order.

Regards,
Florin 

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, jean-yves artero wrote:

> Hi Florin
>  
> O with a dot in the middle is good description of the alchemical symbol for
> gold/sun.
>  
> A crux is another one for a crucible, for instance; perhaps it has other meanings,
> I can check the above in case of interest.
>  
> Jean
> 
> fion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :
> 
> Yesterday I had the impression I was already in the weekend. Oh, well.
> Here is the document: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~fion/vm/bene.jpg
> I know that the last symbol from 116v, O, doesn't have a dot but
> somehow my "pattern-matching detector" clicked when I saw this. Probably 
> it was in the same context, same position s.o.
> 
> The only Os with a dot I'm aware would be the Greek Theta, and Gothic 
> Hwoir probably borrowed from Greek's one. Another one is more exotic, the 
> kanji hi(day,sun) used to be represented by a circle with a dot in the 
> middle. Besides this I'm not aware of any particular semnfication of this 
> symbol.
> 
> Regards,
> Florin

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