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Standard Life Investments Head Office - 1 George Street - March 2006 Magic Square beside the engraving of the Wise & Foolish Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) |
© Copyright: For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken March 6, 2006, 12.28am
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'Magic Square' |
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The 'Magic Square' beside the wise virgins above reads the same whether it is read: - top to bottom - bottom to top - left to right or - right to left. There is some doubt as to how the Latin 'ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR' should be translated into English. Perhaps the correct translation is: "The sower Arepo holds the wheels with effort" or perhaps it should be "The sower Arepo leads with his hand the plough". |
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However, it is thought that this may well have been some form of code used by early Christians. The letters of the square can be rearranged in the form of a cross to make the first two words of the Lord's Prayer, together with 'A' and 'O' representing the alpha and omega, the first and last letters of the alphabet'
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Standard Life's Buildings in Edinburgh |
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1 George Street |
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30 Lothian Road |
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Tanfield House |
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