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2026-07-14 19:01:01

A few highlights from the Turkish-Persian section of a random carpet symbolism book I skimmed while stopped at a random library in New Jersey a couple days ago

Tree of life: one of the oldest and most universal symbols of mankind. It supports the sky, and provides a path from earth to heaven. In different cultures it is called by names such as haoma, asherak, yggdrasil, irminsu or asvattha. Thus, one often sees it in prayer rugs, as a reminder of the passage from this existence into a higher life.
Diamond or Lozenge: It has been conjectured that this omnipresent motif in Anatolian kilims is a male triangle attached to a female triangle, and thus signifies creation. There are doubtless many interpretations. A diamond surrounded by hooks is called in Turkish kirkbudatz, 'forty branches'. Among some semi-nomadic pastoral (terekme) tribes of Azerbaijan, a favourite symbol is a large diamond, signifying woman. Smaller diamonds within the large one signify a pregnant woman or her progeny. A …
Celestial creature: Recognizable because flames appear from flanks or shoulders.
Arabesque or Tendril: The basic unit of the arabesque, a favourite Islamic decorative theme, may be described as a split leaf seen in profile, called islimi in Persian. Derived from a Sassanian motif, it developed under the Abbasids in the ninth and tenth centuries, and matured under the Seljuks in the twelfth and thirteenth. It became central in Turkish and Persian carpet design only after the fifteenth century. In its fascinating fully developed form one sees interlaced lattice systems of sp…
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2026-08-24 08:49:42

Replaced article(s) found for physics.ins-det. arxiv.org/list/physics.ins-det
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- A tunable photonic band gap resonator for axion dark matter searches
Lewis, Goulart, Barbosa, Jois, Leder, Sindhwad, Urdinaran, van Bibber
arxiv.org/abs/2408.03861 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
- Optimization of Cryogenic Detector Test Station by Rejecting Electromagnetic Interference
Sangbaek Lee, Whitney Armstrong, Maximo DiPreta, Jacob Dulya, Valentine Novosad, Tomas Polakovic
arxiv.org/abs/2601.03158 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
- Valley-peak modulation in phase space: a law-invariant VPM and its theta-function structure
Aaron J. Hendrickson, David P. Haefner
arxiv.org/abs/2603.01199 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
- Pushing the Limits of Pulse Shape Discrimination in a Large Liquid Xenon Detector
D. S. Akerib, et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2603.26877 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
- Cherenkov and scintillation light separation in BGO and BSO crystals coupled to SiPMs for dual-re...
M. Alviggi, et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2604.09918 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
- Small but Tubby: A Magnetic Loop Antenna Made from 100 mm Copper Tubing
Peter M\"arki, Markus Niese
arxiv.org/abs/2607.10828 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsin
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