Turkish/Byzantin treasure symbols...

[panzerfaust]

Hi everybody,

I'm actualy looking for every information about Byzantin (or other) treasure symbol.
Those symbols can represant fish, chicken, foot, hand, snake and many other... We use to meet those in Turkey.
I know there are some website treating about this subject, but they are writen in Turkish!

If someone know book or website about this (in French or English), feel free to help me!

Thanks in advance.

Best regards from France, David

[Max]

Originally Posted by panzerfaust

Hi everybody,

I'm actualy looking for every information about Byzantin (or other) treasure symbol.
Those symbols can represant fish, chicken, foot, hand, snake and many other... We use to meet those in Turkey.
I know there are some website treating about this subject, but they are writen in Turkish!

If someone know book or website about this (in French or English), feel free to help me!

Thanks in advance.

Best regards from France, David

Hi David,
I think you mean something like alchemist's symbols... like you can see in e.g. some Nicolas Flamel's book. If so... you need understanding the alphabet that is often like a sequence of egyptian hieroglyphs. This kind of search is never easy... but you can guess some symbols meaning comparing with other "alphabets" of the same time and region. If you are sure there is a bizantin inscription you must find some alchemy book of the region and start guessing.
Often danger symbols are similar to european ones like you can find in Flamel's things (cause alchemy was maybe first example of global "culture")... others could be different or having different meaning.

Very very often planetary symbols or particular characters like "S" are used to indicate particular metal and quantity (by repeated symbols like "SSS", that means lot of gold ).

Anyway, be really careful before do anything... often when alchemy and symbols are present there are also trapdoors and similar things

Kind regards,
Max

[panzerfaust]

Hi Max,

Thanks for your precious help.
I rather think those symbols are Christian according to Byzantin occupation.

Can you tell me more about that?

Best regards.

[Max]

Originally Posted by panzerfaust

Hi Max,

Thanks for your precious help.
I rather think those symbols are Christian according to Byzantin occupation.

Can you tell me more about that?

Best regards.

Hi,
I'm not an expert on that field... so I think I cannot give the informations you need to figure out meaning for that symbols. But there are lot of books on the topic: you have to search on the web and in some library for various meanings. E.g. there are a lot of templar related books that talk about secret writings and signs on monuments and the like. These are all good points where to start research.

I'll start with finding a copy the book "Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures" by Flamel , that is kind of dictionary for various common glyphs then reading further stuff to match region and time according to your idea of signs origin.

Best regards,
Max

what are you looking for?
a place in turkey
or a meaning of a sign that you know in turkey

[panzerfaust]

Hi,

I'm looking for some information about meaning of symbols that I use to meet in Turkey.

Max, can you tell me more about trapdoors and other kind of trap I may encounter in this place?

Best regards, David