Motif
cosmos as illuminated image-container
cosmos_as_illuminated_image_container
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Cosmos and Cosmology. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 13486-13678 confidence: high
The vault of heaven is likened to a lantern: the universe is the lantern, the sun its light, and humans ornamented images dwelling there stupefied.
Heaven, universe, sun, and humans are mapped onto a lantern, its light, and ornamented images.
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