Editing Lozenge (shape) (section)

==Symbolism==
The lozenge motif dates from the [[Neolithic]] and [[Paleolithic art|Paleolithic]] period in [[Eastern Europe]] and represents a [[sown]] [[Field (agriculture)|field]] and female [[fertility]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Linda |last=Welters |title=Folk dress in Europe and Anatolia: beliefs about protection and fertility |publisher=[[Berg Publishers]] |year=1999 |pages=16–21 |isbn=1-85973-282-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35oIbNIIn-8C&q=lozenge+in+Ukrainian+embroidery&pg=PA16}}</ref> The ancient lozenge pattern often shows up in [[Diamond vault]] architecture, in traditional dress patterns of [[Slavic peoples]], and in traditional [[Ukrainian embroidery]]. The lozenge pattern also appears extensively in [[Celtic art]], art from the [[Ottoman Empire]], and ancient [[Phrygia]]n art.<ref>{{cite book |first=Gilbert |last=Sams |title=The early Phrygian pottery |publisher=Science Press |year=1994 |page=151 |isbn=0924171189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhBQCbBi-64C&q=lozenge&pg=PA151}}</ref>

The lozenge symbolism is one of the main symbols for women in [[Berber people|Berber]] carpets.<ref>Berber Carpets of Morocco: The Symbols Origin and Meaning, by [[Bruno Barbatti]], ACR Edition, {{ISBN|978-2-86770-184-9}}.</ref>
Common Berber jewelry from the [[Aurès Mountains]] or [[Kabylie]] in Algeria also uses this pattern as a female fertility sign.

In 1658, the English philosopher [[Sir Thomas Browne]] published ''[[The Garden of Cyrus]],'' subtitled ''The Quincunciall Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the Ancients,'' in which he outlined the [[mysticism|mystical]] interconnection of [[art]], [[nature]] and the [[universe]] via the [[quincunx]] pattern. He also suggested therein that ancient plantations were laid out in a lozenge pattern.<ref>{{cite book |first=Charles |last=Moore |title=The Poetics of Gardens |publisher=The MIT Press |year=1988 |page=161 |isbn=0262631539 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnKiKy9_2u4C&q=quincuncial+lozenge&pg=PA161}}</ref>

Lozenges appear as [[symbol]]s in [[Classical element|ancient classic element systems]], in [[amulet]]s, and in [[religious symbolism]]. In [[playing card]]s, the symbol for the [[Suit (cards)|suit]] of ''diamonds'' is a lozenge.