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⌘
The looped square (⌘), also known as Saint John's Arms, Saint Hannes cross (related to Swedish language, Swedish , Danish language, Danish , and Finnish language, Finnish ), and as the command-key symbol due to its use on the command key on Apple Inc., Apple computer keyboards, is a symbol consisting of a square with outward pointing loops at its corners. It is referred to as a looped square, for example, in works regarding the Mississippian culture (approximately 800 Common Era, CE to 1600 CE). It is also known as the place of interest sign when used on information signs, a practice that started in Finland in the 1950s, spreading to the other Nordic countries in the 1960s. It is an ancient symbol used by several cultures, and remains in common use today. It belongs to a class of symbols which are called in Norway. Ancient use The symbol appears on a number of ancient objects in Northern Europe. It features prominently on a picture stone from Hablingbo, Gotland, Sweden, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Command Key
The Command key (sometimes abbreviated as Cmd key), , formerly also known as the Apple key or open Apple key, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. The Command key's purpose is to allow the user to enter keyboard commands in applications and in the system. An "extended" Macintosh keyboard—the most common type—has two command keys, one on each side of the space bar; some compact keyboards have one only on the left. The symbol (the " looped square") was chosen by Susan Kare after Steve Jobs decided that the use of the Apple logo in the menu system (where the keyboard shortcuts are displayed) would be an over-use of the logo. Apple's adaptation of the symbol—encoded in Unicode at U+2318—was derived in part from its use in Nordic countries as an indicator of cultural locations and places of interest. The symbol is known by various other names, including "Saint John's Arms" and " Bowen knot". History Apple's computers up through the 1979 Apple II Plus did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen Knot
The Bowen knot (also known as the heraldic knot in symbolism) is not a true knot, but is rather a heraldic knot, sometimes used as a heraldic charge. It is named after the Welshman ''James Bowen'' (died 1629)Francis Jones: ''Bowen of Pentre Ifan and Llwyngwair'', in: ''The Pembrokeshire historian journal of the Pembrokeshire Local History Society'', No. 6 (1979), p. 40, onlinhereon the ''National Library of Wales'' website: "James Bowen ... died at Llwyngwair on 22 October 1629 ... The main escutcheon borne on the melancholy occasion showed in the first and fourth quarters, azure a lion rampant or within an orle of roses or, in the second quarter gules a chevron or between three ''true-love knots'' or, and in the third quarter, azure a bird standing argent." (emphasis added) and is also called ''true lover's knot''. It consists of a rope in the form of a continuous loop laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners. Since the rope is not actually knot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
