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Sigil (other)
A sigil is a type of symbol used in magic. Sigil may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Sigil'' (comics), a comic book series published by CrossGen * Sigil (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a city in the ''Planescape'' campaign for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game * ''Sigil'' (mod), a 2019 ''Doom'' mod developed by Romero Games * ''Sigil'', a 2003 album by Cauda Pavonis * ''Sigil'', a 2006 album by Nuru Kane Computing * Sigil (application), a free, open-source editing software for e-books in the EPUB format * Sigil (computer programming), a symbol affixed to a variable name, showing the variable's datatype or scope Organizations * Sigil Games Online, a video game developer based in Carlsbad, California * Sigil Collective, an art and architecture collective based in Beirut and New York City, founded by Salim Al-Kadi, Khaled Malas, Alfred Tarazi, and Jana Traboulsi Seals * Seal (emblem), a device for making an impression on a material and the impression made by it * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigil
A sigil () is a type of symbol used in magic. The term has usually referred to a pictorial signature of a deity or spirit. In modern usage, especially in the context of chaos magic, sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the practitioner's desired outcome. History The use of symbols for magical or cultic purposes has been widespread since at least the Neolithic era. The term ''sigil'' derives from the Latin ''sigillum'' (pl. ''sigilla'' or ''sigils''), meaning " seal." In medieval magic, the term ''sigil'' was commonly used to refer to occult signs which represented various angels and demons which the practitioner might summon. The magical training books called grimoires often listed pages of such sigils. A particularly well-known list is in ''The Lesser Key of Solomon'', in which the sigils of the 72 princes of the hierarchy of hell are given for the magician's use. Such sigils are considered by the gullible to be the equivalent of the true name of the spirit and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Al-Kadi
Salim Al-Kadi (Arabic: سليم القاضي) is an architect and designer from Lebanon. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and Columbia University. His bulletproof keffiyeh, first designed in 2016, was widely lauded and was displayed in 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA. Along with Khaled Malas, Alfred Tarazi and Jana Traboulsi, he is a co-founder of the Sigil Collective. His architecture office is known as BAO (Beirut Architecture Office). Kadi is a senior lecturer at the Architecture and Graphic Design department at the American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut .... References Lebanese architects Columbia University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Lebanon-bio-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Sigils
''The Book of Sigils'' is a supplement published by R. Talsorian Games in 1995 for the Victorian steampunk role-playing game '' Castle Falkenstein''. Contents ''The Book of Sigils'', written by Anthony Savile, presents new wizard character options with more detail about magic in the world of ''Castle Falkenstein'', as well as details about The Sorcerous Orders of New Europa. Reception In the May 1996 edition of ''Arcane'' (Issue 6), David S Comford thought highly of this book, calling it "an essential purchase for any ''Castle Falkenstein'' referee, since it contains fundamental expansions to the game and is also a useful guide to what to expect if the characters decide to roam outside of New Europa." Comford concluded by giving the book an above average rating of 8 out of 10. In the October 1996 edition of '' Dragon'' (Issue #234), Rick Swan was enthusiastic about the detail provided, saying "Players interested in Victorian wizardry should have a ball." Reviews *''Shadis'' #2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blade Of The Exiled
''Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled'' is a role-playing video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Studio Archcraft, a video game developer which is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Black Sigil was published by Graffiti Entertainment on June 9, 2009. The game was originally planned for release on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance system, but Studio Archcraft made the decision to move the game to the Nintendo DS as by the time the game was nearing completion, the GBA market was starting to dry up. In the years leading up to its release, it went by the early title ''Project Exile''. Plot Bel Lenora is a magical kingdom where everyone can use magic. A long time ago, a man who could not use magic named Vai entered Bel Lenora and brought about a great tragedy. At high cost to the kingdom, Vai was banished by one of the kingdom's Generals. Fifteen years after that event, a young man named Kairu ventures into Bel Lenora, and it is found that he is also unable to use magic. Gameplay ''Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygonatum
''Polygonatum'' , also known as King Solomon's-seal or Solomon's seal, is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also been classified in the former family Convallariaceae and, like many lilioid monocots, was formerly classified in the lily family, Liliaceae. The genus is distributed throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Most of the approximately 63 species occur in Asia, with 20 endemic to China.Wujisguleng, W., et al. (2012)Ethnobotanical review of food uses of ''Polygonatum'' (Convallariaceae) in China.''Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae'' 81(4) 239-44. Etymology ''Polygonatum'' comes from the ancient Greek for "many knees", referring to the multiple jointed rhizome. One explanation for the derivation of the common name " Solomon's seal" is that the roots bear depressions which resemble royal seals. Another is that the cut roots rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigillion
A ''sigillion'' ( gr, σιγίλλιον, plural ''sigillia'', σιγίλλια), was a type of legal document publicly affirmed with a seal, usually of lead. Origin and Byzantine usage The term ''sigillion'' derives from the Latin ''sigillum'', "seal", which quickly came to mean also the document to which the seal was affixed. The first Byzantine ''sigillion'' is attested at the imperial chancery in 883. It was subsequently used by lower-level public officials, including tax collectors and judges, as well as by provincial governors. It is distinct from an imperial document bearing a golden seal, a chrysobull (). A distinguishing feature of the ''sigillion'' is the presence of the word ''sigillion'' in red ink. Imperial ''sigillia'' also contained the emperor's menologem. They were on the decline by the eleventh century, from which time only a few are preserved. The catepans of Italy continued to issue ''sigillia'' in the eleventh century, and this practice was continued under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a package or envelope by applying a seal which had to be broken to open the container (hence the modern English verb "to seal", which implies secure closing without an actual wax seal). The seal-making device is also referred to as the seal ''matrix'' or ''die''; the imprint it creates as the seal impression (or, more rarely, the ''sealing''). If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a ''dry seal''; in other cases ink or another liquid or liquefied medium is used, in another color than the paper. In most traditional forms of dry seal the design on the seal matrix is in Intaglio (sculpture), intaglio (cut below th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled Malas
Khaled Malas ( ar, خالد ملص) is a Syrian architect and art historian. He is also a co-founder of the ''Sigil Collective'' alongside Salim al-Kadi, Alfred Tarazi and Jana Traboulsi. Malas studied architecture at the American University of Beirut and at Cornell University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in medieval Islamic Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. Prior to joining the Institute, he was an architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Herzog & de Meuron. His work has been widely exhibited and published. Sigil's work has also been shown around the world including in Venice, Oslo, Annandale-on-Hudson, Beirut, Dubai and Marrakech. and Milan. He has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), and at Columbia University's Columbia Global Center/Studio-X in Amman, where he led the second Janet Abu Lughod seminar which focused on Qusayr Amra. Malas has also taught on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigil Games Online
Sigil Games Online, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Carlsbad, California founded in January 2002 by Brad McQuaid and Jeff Butler, key development team members who created EverQuest, the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game before World of Warcraft. McQuaid and Butler left Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), the publisher of EverQuest, and formed Sigil Games Online to develop "the next big thing". McQuaid told the video game website IGN, "I find myself much happier at the results of assembling an all-star team of MMOG developers and focusing on making one ground-breaking, unprecedented project, as opposed to being spread thin like I was as VP/CCO at Verant/SOE.". Sigil released their only game "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes" on January 30, 2007 after several well publicized delays and a last minute switch from publishing with Microsoft to publishing again with SOE. On May 15, 2007, SOE announced that they had completed a transaction to purchase key assets of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigil (comics)
''Sigil'' is an American comic book series published by Cross Gen Entertainment from July 2000 to December 2003, ending at issue forty-two. ''Sigil'' was one of the publisher's first four titles (the others are '' Mystic'', '' Scion'', and ''Meridian''), originally created by Mark Alessi and Gina M. Villa. The book is one of many from the publisher that took place in the Sigilverse, or the Cross Generation universe. In 2011, ''Sigil'' was part of Marvel Comics' relaunch of the Cross Generation Universe. Setting The bulk of ''Sigil'' takes place on and around the worlds of the ''Planetary Union'', a group of five human-inhabited planets: ''Gaia'' (believed to be humanity's home world), ''Brejhur'', ''Delassia'', ''Kayseecay'', and ''Victor''. Humans have also colonized the neutral world of ''Tanipal'', which seceded from the Union sometime before the series opened. Tanipal is ruled by the Sultan Ronolo. As the series opens, the Planetary Union has been at war with the ''Sauria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigil (computer Programming)
In computer programming, a sigil () is a symbol affixed to a variable name, showing the variable's datatype or scope, usually a prefix, as in $foo, where $ is the sigil. '' Sigil'', from the Latin '' sigillum'', meaning a "little sign", means ''a sign or image supposedly having magical power''. Sigils can be used to separate and demarcate namespaces that possess different properties or behaviors. Historical context The use of sigils was popularized by the BASIC programming language. The best known example of a sigil in BASIC is the dollar sign ("$") appended to the names of all strings. Many BASIC dialects use other sigils (like "%") to denote integers and floating point numbers and their precision, and sometimes other types as well. Larry Wall adopted shell scripting's use of sigils for his Perl programming language. In Perl, the sigils do not specify fine-grained data-types like strings and integers, but the more general categories of scalars (using a prefixed "$"), ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigil (application)
Sigil is free, open-source editing software for e-books in the EPUB format. As a cross-platform application, Sigil is distributed for the Windows, macOS, Haiku and Linux platforms under the GNU GPL license. Sigil supports code-based editing of EPUB files, as well as the import of HTML and plain text files. A companion application, PageEdit, allows WYSIWYG editing of EPUB files. Sigil has been developed by Strahinja Val Marković and others since 2009. From July 2011 to June 2015 John Schember was the lead developer. In June 2015 development of Sigil was taken over by Kevin Hendricks and Doug Massay. Features Sigil's features include: * Full UTF-16 and EPUB 2 specification support * Multiple views: book, code and preview view * Table of contents generator with multi-level heading support * Metadata editor with full support for all metadata entries * Hunspell based spell checking with default and user configurable dictionaries * Full regular expression (PCRE) support for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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