Rob's Solomon's Knots
@robl4a1.bsky.social
A study of Solomon's Knot and its diffusion in the ancient world
Rob Wright, Independent Researcher
https://www.facebook.com/Solomons.Knot.Untied
https://www.youtube.com/@rings-of-fire
Rob Wright, Independent Researcher
https://www.facebook.com/Solomons.Knot.Untied
https://www.youtube.com/@rings-of-fire
Pinned
Solomon's Knot: A Symbol in the New World
YouTube video by Rings of Fire
youtu.be
Il Nodo di Salomone: Un simbolo nel Nuovo Mondo
youtu.be/urPr7GNoveg?...
youtu.be/urPr7GNoveg?...
Yoruba Palace Door (ilekun)
Olówè of Isè Nigerian,
circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè
collection.ncartmuseum.org/objects/8244...
www.bonhams.com/auction/1541...
#AdoorableThursday
Olówè of Isè Nigerian,
circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè
collection.ncartmuseum.org/objects/8244...
www.bonhams.com/auction/1541...
#AdoorableThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Yoruba Palace Door (ilekun)
Olówè of Isè Nigerian,
circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè
collection.ncartmuseum.org/objects/8244...
www.bonhams.com/auction/1541...
#AdoorableThursday
Olówè of Isè Nigerian,
circa 1875–circa 1938, Ẹfọ̀n-Alààyè
collection.ncartmuseum.org/objects/8244...
www.bonhams.com/auction/1541...
#AdoorableThursday
Reposted by Rob's Solomon's Knots
The central panel from the ‘Geometric Mosaic’ which decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire. The mosaic is now part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #RudstonRomanVilla
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The central panel from the ‘Geometric Mosaic’ which decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire. The mosaic is now part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #RudstonRomanVilla
Connect the Dots
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Connect the Dots
Yoruba Calabash Gourd Bowl
Nigeria (north), 1890s
British Museum Af1952,26.33.a
Nigeria (north), 1890s
British Museum Af1952,26.33.a
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yoruba Calabash Gourd Bowl
Nigeria (north), 1890s
British Museum Af1952,26.33.a
Nigeria (north), 1890s
British Museum Af1952,26.33.a
Yoruba Ifa divination bowls
Nigeria
Nigeria
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Yoruba Ifa divination bowls
Nigeria
Nigeria
Mayan Knot
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Tauralbus, flickr
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Tauralbus, flickr
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Mayan Knot
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Tauralbus, flickr
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Tauralbus, flickr
Pirámide del Adivino, Uxmal
Pyramid of the Magician
A cute Solomon's Knot over an adorable door
#AdoorableThursday
Pyramid of the Magician
A cute Solomon's Knot over an adorable door
#AdoorableThursday
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Pirámide del Adivino, Uxmal
Pyramid of the Magician
A cute Solomon's Knot over an adorable door
#AdoorableThursday
Pyramid of the Magician
A cute Solomon's Knot over an adorable door
#AdoorableThursday
Bracelet with bicephalic dragon heads
Underside of the bezel with two crouching lions has a lozenge filled with the name Ali rotated four times in the shape of Solomon's Knot.
Eastern Iran, Khorasan, 12th century
The Khalili Collection JLY 1310
khalilicollections.org/collections/...
Underside of the bezel with two crouching lions has a lozenge filled with the name Ali rotated four times in the shape of Solomon's Knot.
Eastern Iran, Khorasan, 12th century
The Khalili Collection JLY 1310
khalilicollections.org/collections/...
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Bracelet with bicephalic dragon heads
Underside of the bezel with two crouching lions has a lozenge filled with the name Ali rotated four times in the shape of Solomon's Knot.
Eastern Iran, Khorasan, 12th century
The Khalili Collection JLY 1310
khalilicollections.org/collections/...
Underside of the bezel with two crouching lions has a lozenge filled with the name Ali rotated four times in the shape of Solomon's Knot.
Eastern Iran, Khorasan, 12th century
The Khalili Collection JLY 1310
khalilicollections.org/collections/...
Buttons from a set of six
Southern Spain, 14th–15th century AD
The Khalili Collection JLY 1225
www.khalilicollections.org/collections/...
Southern Spain, 14th–15th century AD
The Khalili Collection JLY 1225
www.khalilicollections.org/collections/...
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Buttons from a set of six
Southern Spain, 14th–15th century AD
The Khalili Collection JLY 1225
www.khalilicollections.org/collections/...
Southern Spain, 14th–15th century AD
The Khalili Collection JLY 1225
www.khalilicollections.org/collections/...
At the Medici Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) in Florence book plates decorated with the diagonal Solomon's Knot are in abundance.
Example here from BML Plut.32.49, Sophocles Tragedies Ajax and Electra
#ManuscriptMonday Wednesday
Example here from BML Plut.32.49, Sophocles Tragedies Ajax and Electra
#ManuscriptMonday Wednesday
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
At the Medici Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) in Florence book plates decorated with the diagonal Solomon's Knot are in abundance.
Example here from BML Plut.32.49, Sophocles Tragedies Ajax and Electra
#ManuscriptMonday Wednesday
Example here from BML Plut.32.49, Sophocles Tragedies Ajax and Electra
#ManuscriptMonday Wednesday
Granada, Spain - Alhambra - Palacios Nazaríes
Façade of Palacio de Comares
Here in the Hall of Ambassadors Christopher Columbus met with Ferdinand and Isabella to receive their endorsement to fund his westward expedition to America.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#WindowsonWednesday
Façade of Palacio de Comares
Here in the Hall of Ambassadors Christopher Columbus met with Ferdinand and Isabella to receive their endorsement to fund his westward expedition to America.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#WindowsonWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Granada, Spain - Alhambra - Palacios Nazaríes
Façade of Palacio de Comares
Here in the Hall of Ambassadors Christopher Columbus met with Ferdinand and Isabella to receive their endorsement to fund his westward expedition to America.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#WindowsonWednesday
Façade of Palacio de Comares
Here in the Hall of Ambassadors Christopher Columbus met with Ferdinand and Isabella to receive their endorsement to fund his westward expedition to America.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#WindowsonWednesday
Collegiate Church of San Cristoforo, Barga
Terracotta tile reconstructions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi...
recuperando.com/en/terracott...
#TilesonTuesday
Terracotta tile reconstructions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi...
recuperando.com/en/terracott...
#TilesonTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Collegiate Church of San Cristoforo, Barga
Terracotta tile reconstructions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi...
recuperando.com/en/terracott...
#TilesonTuesday
Terracotta tile reconstructions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi...
recuperando.com/en/terracott...
#TilesonTuesday
Roman villa of Parets Delgades (La Selva del Camp, Tarragona)
4th century
photo from Deya's blog
deya375.wordpress.com
#MosaicMonday
4th century
photo from Deya's blog
deya375.wordpress.com
#MosaicMonday
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Roman villa of Parets Delgades (La Selva del Camp, Tarragona)
4th century
photo from Deya's blog
deya375.wordpress.com
#MosaicMonday
4th century
photo from Deya's blog
deya375.wordpress.com
#MosaicMonday
Reposted by Rob's Solomon's Knots
The Greek muses from top left to the bottom right: Calliope, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Clio, Urania and Polyhymnia. It was found in Grand Masters Palace in Rhodes, Greece, and it dates to the 1st century BC. #MosaicMonday
September 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The Greek muses from top left to the bottom right: Calliope, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Clio, Urania and Polyhymnia. It was found in Grand Masters Palace in Rhodes, Greece, and it dates to the 1st century BC. #MosaicMonday
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#MosaicMonday - Mosaic panel of the Three Graces from Narlıkuyu in Mersin, southern Turkey: ca. 4th Century AD. The panel originally graced (see what I did there?) a Roman bath complex, which the inscription indicates was established by one Poimenios. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#MosaicMonday - Mosaic panel of the Three Graces from Narlıkuyu in Mersin, southern Turkey: ca. 4th Century AD. The panel originally graced (see what I did there?) a Roman bath complex, which the inscription indicates was established by one Poimenios. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺
Reposted by Rob's Solomon's Knots
A beautifully intricate geometric mosaic from Silchester, Hampshire ( #Roman Calleva Atrebatum).
The materials used were mainly local: limestone (yellow), Purbeck chalk (white), Kimmeridge shale (black) & crushed tile (red).
Later C.2, now in @readingmuseum.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #MosaicMonday
The materials used were mainly local: limestone (yellow), Purbeck chalk (white), Kimmeridge shale (black) & crushed tile (red).
Later C.2, now in @readingmuseum.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #MosaicMonday
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A beautifully intricate geometric mosaic from Silchester, Hampshire ( #Roman Calleva Atrebatum).
The materials used were mainly local: limestone (yellow), Purbeck chalk (white), Kimmeridge shale (black) & crushed tile (red).
Later C.2, now in @readingmuseum.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #MosaicMonday
The materials used were mainly local: limestone (yellow), Purbeck chalk (white), Kimmeridge shale (black) & crushed tile (red).
Later C.2, now in @readingmuseum.bsky.social
#RomanBritain #MosaicMonday
Reposted by Rob's Solomon's Knots
Discovering the Roman mosaic hidden under an old tarp in Spoonley Wood nr Winchcombe … Very fun indeed #MosaicMonday
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Discovering the Roman mosaic hidden under an old tarp in Spoonley Wood nr Winchcombe … Very fun indeed #MosaicMonday
Saint-Omer. Agglomeration Library, Ms. 220 f.101v
Ordinary Gloss on Daniel and the minor prophets
Initial to the Onus of the prophet Habakkuk
Looks like the opus of Master of Zacharie of Besançon 👀
#ManuscriptMonday
Ordinary Gloss on Daniel and the minor prophets
Initial to the Onus of the prophet Habakkuk
Looks like the opus of Master of Zacharie of Besançon 👀
#ManuscriptMonday
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Saint-Omer. Agglomeration Library, Ms. 220 f.101v
Ordinary Gloss on Daniel and the minor prophets
Initial to the Onus of the prophet Habakkuk
Looks like the opus of Master of Zacharie of Besançon 👀
#ManuscriptMonday
Ordinary Gloss on Daniel and the minor prophets
Initial to the Onus of the prophet Habakkuk
Looks like the opus of Master of Zacharie of Besançon 👀
#ManuscriptMonday
Reliquary of St. Helena, in sandalwood and gems, ca. 1150
"Medieval Rome, the Lost Face of the City" (2022-2023 exhibition)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
"Medieval Rome, the Lost Face of the City" (2022-2023 exhibition)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reliquary of St. Helena, in sandalwood and gems, ca. 1150
"Medieval Rome, the Lost Face of the City" (2022-2023 exhibition)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
"Medieval Rome, the Lost Face of the City" (2022-2023 exhibition)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re...
Basilica of Santa Maria and San Donato in Murano, Venice
12th-century Byzantine mosaic pavement made of precious stones like porphyry and serpentine, mixed with glass paste.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#MosaicMonday
12th-century Byzantine mosaic pavement made of precious stones like porphyry and serpentine, mixed with glass paste.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#MosaicMonday
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Basilica of Santa Maria and San Donato in Murano, Venice
12th-century Byzantine mosaic pavement made of precious stones like porphyry and serpentine, mixed with glass paste.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#MosaicMonday
12th-century Byzantine mosaic pavement made of precious stones like porphyry and serpentine, mixed with glass paste.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
#MosaicMonday
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hungarian Royal Scepter
Egyptian rock crystal head with 3 lions and a Solomon's Knot Square in gold.
Maybe 10th century
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_kir%C3%A1lyi_jogar
#FridayFinds
Egyptian rock crystal head with 3 lions and a Solomon's Knot Square in gold.
Maybe 10th century
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_kir%C3%A1lyi_jogar
#FridayFinds
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hungarian Royal Scepter
Egyptian rock crystal head with 3 lions and a Solomon's Knot Square in gold.
Maybe 10th century
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_kir%C3%A1lyi_jogar
#FridayFinds
Egyptian rock crystal head with 3 lions and a Solomon's Knot Square in gold.
Maybe 10th century
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_kir%C3%A1lyi_jogar
#FridayFinds
Palazzo Salomoni Alberteschi doors 81 and 84
Via dei Pettinari, Rome
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo...
#AdoorableThursday
Via dei Pettinari, Rome
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo...
#AdoorableThursday
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Palazzo Salomoni Alberteschi doors 81 and 84
Via dei Pettinari, Rome
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo...
#AdoorableThursday
Via dei Pettinari, Rome
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo...
#AdoorableThursday
Church of Santa María de Castrelos in Vigo, Galicia.
13th century
Solomon's Knot at the window on the west face.
#WindowsonWednesday
13th century
Solomon's Knot at the window on the west face.
#WindowsonWednesday
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Church of Santa María de Castrelos in Vigo, Galicia.
13th century
Solomon's Knot at the window on the west face.
#WindowsonWednesday
13th century
Solomon's Knot at the window on the west face.
#WindowsonWednesday
Reconstruction of Viking era bone belt buckle from York.
10th-11th century
sagy.vikingove.cz/en/organic-b...
10th-11th century
sagy.vikingove.cz/en/organic-b...
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reconstruction of Viking era bone belt buckle from York.
10th-11th century
sagy.vikingove.cz/en/organic-b...
10th-11th century
sagy.vikingove.cz/en/organic-b...