The Pentacles

Nine Kandariri · Row 3 · Centre

A long stepped character lies between two rings above and rows of rings and hooks below. Its left end curls into a loop. [1]

1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile · Gollancz (1914), facsimile f. 49a, row 3, 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 3, centre. [1]
Attributed Purpose: One of the nine Kandariri, described in Gollancz’s contents as talismans revealed to King Solomon. [1]
Design: A long character crosses the middle, with two rings above and rows of rings and curved marks below. [1]

A long character crosses the middle, with two rings above and rows of rings and curved marks below. Two enclosing circles are joined by a short cross at the top. — **Source reproduction** A horizontal character above rings and curves. Gollancz, 1914, f. 49a.

A horizontal character above rings and curves

A long horizontal stroke begins with a loop at the left and joins a series of upright, stepped forms. Its right end thickens near the inner circle. Two small rings sit above the character, apart from its strokes. [1]

Below it, four rings form one row and five short, hooked curves form another. Its neighbour at the left instead begins with a short group of Hebrew characters and paired strokes. [1]

On the nine-talisman leaf

The talisman occupies the middle place in the lowest row of leaf 49a. Gollancz lists the nine Kandariri at folios 48a–49a, among the compilation’s several differently named sections of seals, angelic names and conjurations. [1]

Sources and editions

H. Gollancz, Sepher Maphteah Shelomo
1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile. English contents, printed p. xxii; facsimile f. 49a, row 3, 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.