The Pentacles

Athens 115 · Seal 22

Two squares overlap around an open eight-sided centre; small loops mark the corners of the upright square. [1]

Delatte 1927, printed historical edition; Athens MS 115 · Delatte I (1927), printed p. 20, row 4, column 1; phylactery passage p. 18, Athens MS 115, Book II, ff. 17–18.

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Greek Solomonic tradition · Athens MS 115 [1]
Position within the Set: 22nd design in the catalogue; unnumbered in Delatte’s edition. [1]
Attributed Purpose: Part of the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle. [1]
Design: An upright, loop-cornered square overlaps a second square turned onto one corner. [1]

An upright, loop-cornered square overlaps a second square turned onto one corner. — **Source reproduction** Two overlapping squares. Delatte, 1927, p. 20.

Two overlapping squares

One square stands upright with small loops at its corners. A second square is turned through a diagonal orientation, placing its four corners above, below and to either side of the first. Their crossing edges form an eight-sided space at the centre. [1]

The surrounding circle remains clear of the outer corners. Seal 8 also contains a loop-cornered square, but fills its centre with a cluster of rings rather than another square. This design opens the final row of Delatte’s second plate. [1]

The chest-worn phylactery

The source writes the twenty-four seals below the names on a chest-worn phylactery. After this series, the Greek text mentions a separate group of four pentalphae for the hands. Delatte prints the phylactery drawings on pages 19 and 20. [1]

Sources and editions

A. Delatte, Anecdota Atheniensia I
Delatte 1927, printed historical edition; Athens MS 115. Manuscript B (Athens MS 115): introductory description, printed pp. 1–2; Book II, phylactery passage p. 18, lines 19–27 (ff. 17–18); twenty-four seals pp. 19–20; this drawing p. 20, row 4, column 1. Facsimile PDF pp. 14–15 and 31–33.
The drawing appears in Delatte’s 1927 edition of Athens MS 115.