[meteorite-list] Meteorite miniatures

[Martin Altmann]

No,

you see the Kaaba in Mecca in the back
and that is the black stone, the Hadshar.

The painting shows a popular legend.
Depicted is the young prophet Mohammed (very unusual for Islamic art) with
the black stone.
After a renovation of the Kaaba, the clans of the Quraish got into a
controversy, to whom of them the honor shall be due, to enchase the black
stone back into the Kaaba.
So Mohammed proposed to lay the stone on a cloth and each clan-chief shall
hold a corner. Like this they carried the stone to the Kaaba, where Mohammed
himself immured it. With that he confirmed his title of "Amin"
And where the stone is still today.

Mark & Norbert stroke immediately that the stone is painted black.
Because another legend says, that initially the stone was white and turned
black from the sins of those, who touched it.

Best!
Martin


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Gesendet: Montag, 4. Oktober 2010 22:28
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Yo Martin,

So this may help prove, what, that in ancient Persia polishing ten-pin
bowling balls with rugs may have been more common than previously
thought?

Spare me!

Dave Gunning

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