Meaning of Roland Barthes' cultural codes in a Saqakhaneh text by Mansour Qandriz

"Semantics" is the processing of text in the context of the signification of cultural codes (hermeneutic, semantic, symbolic, action and cultural narrative). . It should be noted that on one hand, the text is not limited to the literary text according to Barthes, but also works of art have the ability to be textual and therefore can be interpreted as a text and on the other hand, cultural authorities play the role of sources of meanings. The text under review is Mansour Qandriz's "Linotrahi painting" in the field of hand-printing, the subject of which has been included in the works of Saqakhaneh due to its reference to ancient Iranian civilizations and mythological themes shared with other cultures, especially in terms of decoration. The aspect of decoration, on the one hand, is the dominant factor and, on the other hand, prevents the explicit understanding of the meanings, which, in addition to not understanding the cultural foundations of the designs, has provided challenges in reading the text under study. Accordingly, the author of the present study has sought to answer two major questions. First, what is the method of reading each text of Saqakhaneh and the text under study? Second, what are the meanings arising from the motifs of the text under study? For this purpose, in the present article, the library method are used to collect resources and considering Roland Barthes' cultural codes from the semantic approach, major meanings such as ascension to the higher world, death, appeal to transcendental forces, belief in agents. The symbolism of fertility, the belief in human evolution and evolution, as well as the prominence of the matriarchal role in the diverse field of women, have been processed.