The Pentacles

Nine Kandariri · Row 2 · Centre

A ring-centred cross is surrounded by little circles and unlike terminal characters. Six small circles fill the space above its horizontal arm. [1]

1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile · Gollancz (1914), facsimile f. 49a, row 2, 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 2, centre. [1]
Attributed Purpose: One of the nine Kandariri, described in Gollancz’s contents as talismans revealed to King Solomon. [1]
Design: A cross passes through a central ring, with small circles and different terminal characters around it. [1]

A cross passes through a central ring, with small circles and different terminal characters around it. Two enclosing circles are joined by a short cross at the top. — **Source reproduction** A central ring among circles and characters. Gollancz, 1914, f. 49a.

A central ring among circles and characters

A small ring marks the intersection of the vertical and horizontal strokes. Above it are six little circles in two groups. The upper arm curls sideways; the left arm carries a squared character; the right ends in a compact looped and curved form. [1]

Below the centre, a slanted character stands across the vertical stroke, with rows of small circles to either side and a heavy curved bar beneath it. The many detached rings distinguish this figure from the more open cross at the left of the row. [1]

On the nine-talisman leaf

This is the centre of the nine-figure arrangement on leaf 49a. The section is named Kandariri in Gollancz’s English contents. [1]

Sources and editions

H. Gollancz, Sepher Maphteah Shelomo
1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile. English contents, printed p. xxii; facsimile f. 49a, row 2, 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.