A square with loops ( ⌘ ) is a symbol that looks like a square with loops outside at the corners. It is so called, for example, in works devoted to Mississippi culture [1] . Also known as a landmark symbol [2] , when used as an information symbol for a practice started in northern countries in the late 1960s [3] . This symbol is also known as the coat of arms of St. John or the cross of St. Hannes (associated with the Swede. Sankthanskors , dates. Johanneskors and fin. Hannunvaakuna ), the Gorgon loop and the symbol of the command key when it is used to designate the command key on the Apple keyboard .
| Square with loops | ||||||||||||
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| ⌘ | ||||||||||||
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| Title | place of interest sign | |||||||||||
| Unicode | U + 2318 | |||||||||||
| HTML code | ⌘ or ⌘ | |||||||||||
| UTF-16 | 0x2318 | |||||||||||
| URL code | % E2% 8C% 98 | |||||||||||
This is an ancient symbol used by several cultures, but today it remains in common use. It belongs to a class of characters, which in Norway are called valklo [4] .
Content
Ancient usage
The symbol appears on a number of ancient objects in Northern Europe . He is depicted on a stone from Hablingbo , Gotland , Sweden , which was created between 400 and 600 years BC. er [five]
It also looks like a traditional heraldic emblem called the Bowen knot [6] .
In Finland, this symbol was painted or carved on houses, sheds and household utensils, such as dishes, to protect them and their owners from evil spirits and bad luck. The oldest surviving example is the 1000-year-old (Finnish pre-Christian period) pair of wooden skis decorated with this symbol [7] [8] .
A square with loops also appears on the artifacts of the Mississippian culture of the southeastern United States [1] .
Current usage
Nowadays, the symbol is used in Norway , Sweden , Finland , Iceland , Denmark , Germany , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Belarus and Ukraine to designate places of cultural interest since the late 1960s in the Scandinavian countries [3] . There is a modern opinion that it was chosen because of the similarity with the top view of Borgholm Castle [9] ; however, this symbol is widely represented in Scandinavian artifacts that are several centuries older than this castle [5] .
Later this symbol began to be widely used in computing . It is used on Apple keyboards to designate the command key [10] .
Encodings
In Unicode, it occupies the code position U + 2318 and is located in the block Miscellaneous Technical Characters .
Gallery
The Stone of the Great Migration from Havor, Hablingbo , Gotland ; Gotland Museum , Visby
Designation of Estonian Cultural Heritage Sites
Forms for cheese in the National Museum of Finland , Helsinki
Symbol ⌘, Rana Museum , Norway
Command Key on Apple Keyboard
See also
- Bowen's Knot
- Valknut
- Kamun rose
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 C. Andrew Buchner. Cox Mound Gorget Unsolved . Tennessee Encyclopedia . Tennessee Historical Society (2010). - "The Cox Mound, or Woodpecker, gorget style is a ... symbol of Tennessee's prehistoric inhabitants. A symbolic of both earthly and supernatural powers; AD 1250–1450. ” The appeal date is May 9, 2013.
- ↑ Miscellaneous Technical - Range: 2300-23FF Neopr . Unicode Consortium.
- ↑ 1 2 Christina Lingdén. Riksantikvarieämbetets symbol (Swedish) . Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish National Heritage Board) (13 November 2012). The appeal date is May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Municipal arms for Lødingen , blazed on the Norwegian Royal Decree of 11 May 1984, quoted in Hans Cappelen og Knut Johannessen: Norske kommunevåpen , Oslo 1987, page 197. The term is also used 1610 , Oslo 2010, pages 64–65.
- 2 1 2 The Picture Stone from Havor in disable . Länsmuseet på Gotland. Archived September 13, 2008.
- ↑ Parker, James. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry: Cord . - 1894.
- ↑ Talve, Ilmar. Suomen kansankulttuuri: [ fin. ] . - 1990. - ISBN 951-717-553-1 .
- ↑ Department of Archeology. Ski fragment (fin.) . Nat'l Board of Antiquities . Helsinki: Finnish Museums Online. The appeal date is May 9, 2013.
- ↑ Susan Kare, Iconographer (EG8) . Vimeo.com . The appeal date is June 25, 2014.
- ↑ Dan Frommer. What does splat mean? SplatF . Say Media (July 2, 2011). - “Splat refers to the keypad on a Mac keyboard that’s officially called the Command key. Macro nerds - "It 's my splat" key, I like it "splat" key. The Saint John’s Arms or the "place of interest sign" ... is often seen in Northern Europe. The appeal date is May 9, 2013.