albrecht dürer‘s magic square
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The beauty of number 34.TRANSCRIPT
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Albrecht Dürer‘sMagic Square
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Dürer‘s magic square
Albrecht Dürer. 1514.Melencolia 1. Engraving on Paper. 24 cm by 18.8 cm (shown copy from Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany).
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The magic square
What is the magic?It is the number 34!
The sum of the various fields within the magic square are always 34.
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The sum of all rows is 34!
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The sum of all columns is 34!
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The sum of all corners is 34!
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Move the fields one step clockwise and it is still 34!
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Move the fields another step and it is still 34!
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The sum of the fields in the center is 34!
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5 + 9 + 8 + 12 = 34
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3 + 2 + 15 + 14 = 34
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The same is true for the diagonals. . .
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And so on: 34!
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Dürer created this square in 1514 (the year his mother died).
“D“ for Dürer is the 4th letter of the alphabet.
“A“ for Albrecht is the 1st.
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In addition to being a genius, Albrecht Dürer was an extraordinarily talented artist, and a very good looking man. His hair was even more amazing than his rabbit. And his signature could be use to denote Anno Domini.