The Pentacles

Nine Kandariri · Row 3 · Right

Eight arms extend from a small central ring. Squared, looped and hooked terminals give each part of the radial design a different ending. [1]

1914 Hebrew manuscript photographic facsimile · Gollancz (1914), facsimile f. 49a, row 3, right; 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, right. [1]
Attributed Purpose: One of the nine Kandariri, described in Gollancz’s contents as talismans revealed to King Solomon. [1]
Design: Eight arms extend from a central ring to different hooked, squared and looped terminals. [1]

Eight arms extend from a central ring to different hooked, squared and looped terminals. Two enclosing circles are joined by a short cross at the top. — **Source reproduction** An eight-arm figure with marked ends. Gollancz, 1914, f. 49a.

An eight-arm figure with marked ends

Four lines meet at a small ring to produce eight arms. The upper arm carries a broad angular cap; the lower one has a short transverse bar and a looped, curving end. Squared forms mark the horizontal pair, while loops, forks and crossing bars distinguish the diagonals. [1]

The terminal marks fill much of the inner circle. The little central ring and its eight radiating arms set this figure apart from the two tiered designs beside it. Outside, the double-circle outline and upper connecting cross repeat the boundary used throughout the set. [1]

On the nine-talisman leaf

This figure is the lower-right talisman on leaf 49a, completing the three-by-three arrangement. Gollancz’s contents calls the nine Kandariri talismans revealed to King Solomon; they occupy a named section between other groups of spirit seals and angelic names. [1]

Sources and editions

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