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Sator Square

The Sator Square (also called the Rotas-Sator Square or the Templar Magic Square) is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. The earliest squares were found at Roman-era sites and were all in ROTAS form (i.e. where the top line is "ROTAS" and not "SATOR"), with the earliest discovery at Pompeii (and dating…

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Sator Square

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Triples436
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Other theories · 70
Sator Square → Adolfo Omodeo, Alexandrine, American, Among, Aramaic, AREPO, Christianity, Cryptologia, Egyptian, English, Ephesian, Etruscan, French, German, Gnostic, Greek, Greeks, Gustav Maresch, Gwyn Griffiths, Hebraic
related to Further anagrams · 53
Sator Square → American, APATOR NERO EST, ATI, Attempts, Benedictines, Christ, Christian, ERVANT, ET OPER, ET OPERA, For Peter, French, Gaston Letonnelier, German, Guillaume, Gustav Fritsch, Hardenberg, In, IT, Jerphanion
related to Later medieval · 44
Sator Square → Acquaviva Collecroce, Ascoli Satriano, Cathedral, Chinon, Church, Château, Collegiate, Cremona, Duomo, Eglise Saint Laurent, England, France, France's Luberon, Gotland, Inside, It, Italian, Jarnac, Lancashire, Loches
related to Early medieval · 42
Sator Square → AD, Adolph Erman, Asia Minor, Aurillac, Benedictine Abbey, Berlin Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums, Capestrano, Capitolare, Carolingian Bible, Christ, Christian, Codex, Coptic, France, Fritz Krebs, German, Greek, ICHTHUS, In
related to Roman · 41
Sator Square → AD, Another Sator, Aquincum, Basilica, Budapest, CIL IV, Cirencester, Conímbriga, Corinium Dobunnorum, Dura-Europos, Four Sator, Graffiti, Hungary, Ins, It, LXI, Manchester, Nero's, November, October
related to Arepo interpretations · 38
Sator Square → Alexandria, Alpha-Omega, American, Apis, Aramaic, AREPO, Aρπον, David Daube, Duncan Fishwick, Egyptian, Fishwick, French, Gaulish, Georgós Arpon, Greek, Gwyn Griffiths, Harpocrates, Hebrew, Horus-the-child, Horus/Harpocrates
related to Roman word puzzle · 27
Sator Square → American, AREPO, Arsenio Frugoni, Basilica, Bolonia, Carme, Charles Douglas Gunn, Duncan Fishwick, Italian, Margherita Guarducci, Ostia, Pompeii, Pompeiian, Publius Paquius Proculus, Rebecca Benefiel, ROMA OLIM MILO AMOR, Roma-Amor, Roma-Summus-Amor, Roman, Roman-era
related to Magical and medical associations · 25
Sator Square → An, By, Chinon, Château, Clavicula Salomonis, Duke Ernest Auguste, France, Germany, Iceland, In, In Germany, Italy, Jarnac, Latin, Long, Middle Ages, North America, Rome, Rose Mary Sheldon, Sator
related to Further reading · 24
Sator Square → An, Baines, Cambridge University Press, Cryptologia, Duncan, Fishwick, Harvard Theological Review, JSTOR, July, New Investigation, New Testament Studies, On, Origin, Retrieved, Rose Mary, Rotas-Sator Square, S0017816000024858, S0028688500014405, S2CID, September
related to Discovery and dating · 19
Sator Square → AD, Americas, Asia Minor, Carolingian Bible, Coptic, Ethnologie, Europe, European, French, Many, Medieval, North Africa, Reinhold Köhler's, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, SATOR, Sator-Arepo-Formel, Since, The, Zeitschrift

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square sator rotas found word form medieval origin academics christian roman arepo also historian tenet pompeii de theory ad earliest

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Sator Squareis a1881 publication of Reinhold Köhler's0.90text
the Trotulainstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
and was employed as a medieval cure for many ailmentsinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
particularly for dog bitesinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
rabiesinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
as well as for insanityinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
and relief during childbirth.It has featured in a diverse range of contemporary artworks including fiction booksinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
paintingsinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
musical scoresinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
and filmsinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
and most notably in Christopher Nolan's 2020 film Tenetinstance ofThe square appears in early and late medieval medical textbooks0.80text
French historian Guillaume de Jerphanioninstance ofeven among notable supporters0.80text

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