Magical Sator Rotas Square Palindrome Tapestries

The SATOR square, sometimes called the Templar Magic Square, contains an acrostic five-word Latin palindrome. It is thought to be a word puzzle of Roman origin (in ROTAS form) adopted by the early Christians, though some believe it has Jewish origins. Believed by some to hold mystical powers, it remains one of the worlds oldest unsolved puzzles, as scholars are yet to form a consensus on its true meaning.

The SATOR square, sometimes called the Templar Magic Square, contains an acrostic five-word Latin palindrome. It is thought to be a word puzzle of Roman origin (in ROTAS form) adopted by the early Christians, though some believe it has Jewish origins. Believed by some to hold mystical powers, it remains one of the worlds oldest unsolved puzzles, as scholars are yet to form a consensus on its true meaning.

The SATOR square, sometimes called the Templar Magic Square, contains an acrostic five-word Latin palindrome. It is thought to be a word puzzle of Roman origin (in ROTAS form) adopted by the early Christians, though some believe it has Jewish origins. Believed by some to hold mystical powers, it remains one of the worlds oldest unsolved puzzles, as scholars are yet to form a consensus on its true meaning.

The word "TENET" originates from the Sator Square, a word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome that dates back to Ancient Rome. The puzzle is a five-by-five square made up of five 5-letter words written in five lines: SATOR, AREPO, TENET, OPERA, and ROTAS. In every direction the square is rotated, these five words appear both horizontally and vertically - a property that fits the time inversion concept.

With "punched out" letters. Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas.

With "punched out" letters. Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas.

SATOR Square Palindrome is a two-dimensional acrostic class of word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome.

The Sator Square (or Rotas Square) is a word square containing a five-word Latin palindrome. The earliest form has ROTAS as the top line, but in time the version with SATOR on the top line became dominant. It is a five-by-five square made up of five 5-letter words, thus consisting of 25 letters in total, all derived from eight Latin letters: five consonants (S, T, R, P, N) and three vowels (A, E, O).