The Pentacles

Nine Kandariri · Row 1 · Centre

Three little rings sit above an elongated character and four below. Its joined strokes run across most of the inner circle. [1]

1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile · Gollancz (1914), facsimile f. 49a, row 1, centre; set description in the English contents, printed p. xxii.

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Hebrew Solomonic compilation · Nine Kandariri [1]
Position within the Set: Folio 49a, row 1, centre. [1]
Attributed Purpose: One of the nine Kandariri, described in Gollancz’s contents as talismans revealed to King Solomon. [1]
Design: A broad horizontal character stands between three small rings above and four below. [1]

A broad horizontal character stands between three small rings above and four below. Two enclosing circles are joined by a short cross at the top. — **Source reproduction** An elongated figure and seven rings. Gollancz, 1914, f. 49a.

An elongated figure and seven rings

A thick horizontal stroke links a sequence of upright, angular and curled forms. At the left it meets a bent upright; through the middle it crosses an open square-like form; towards the right it joins a tall loop and a curling end. [1]

Three small rings lie above the character and four below. These separate marks occupy the otherwise open upper and lower portions of the inner circle. A short cross joins the two enclosing circles at the top, as it does in the neighbouring talismans. [1]

On the nine-talisman leaf

The figure occupies the middle place in the upper row of leaf 49a. Unlike the talismans to either side, its centre is dominated by a joined character rather than several lines of Hebrew writing. The English contents gathers all nine under the name Kandariri. [1]

Sources and editions

H. Gollancz, Sepher Maphteah Shelomo
1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile. English contents, printed p. xxii; facsimile f. 49a, row 1, centre; Wellcome canvas 90, facsimile PDF p. 91. Section identified in the contents at ff. 48a–49a.
Gollancz’s 1914 photographic facsimile reproduces the Hebrew manuscript leaf.

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