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Magical Circle, Seals and Characters

Text above the scanned part reads, Ingrav’d for Sibleys Astrology Noº59

Text below the scanned part says, Published for the Proprietors by C Statker Nº4 Stationers Court.

This plate appears in Vol II, opposite p. 1103.

“The dimensions of the circle is [sic] as follows: a piece of ground is usually chosen nine feet square, at the full extent of which parallel lines are drawn one within another, having sundry crosses and triangles described between them, close to which is formed the first or outer circle; then, about half a foot within the same, a second circle is described; and wihin that another square correspondent to the first, the centre of which is the seat or spot where the master and associate are to be placed. The vacancies formed by the various lines and angles of the figure, are filled up with all the holy names of God, having crosses and triangles described betwixt them agreeable to a sketch I have given in the annexed plate, where likewise [more...] [$]

Taurus (the Bull)

Zodiac sign for Taurus taken from The Zodiac [$]

Nativity of Christ [detail: star chart]

“The NATIVITY of our Blessed LORD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. [more...] [$]

Woodcut: Snake, Magic Wand, Leather Books (detail of portrait of Ebenezer Sibly).

This vignette shows a snake climbing up a stick, perhaps a magic wand since this woodcut was in a book about astrology and magick; the wand rests againsts a pile of leather-bound books.

This is a detail from a portrait of Ebenezer Sibly, a physician of the late eighteenth century, and is actually a Rod of Askelpios, [more...] [$]

Portrait of Apollonius

This fanciful portrait of the Greek philosopher Appollonius shows him with a long beard. He stands next to a heavenly sphere with part of Scorpio visible both as a constellation of stars and as a [...]Καί σὺ τάλαινα Άντιόχεια and in English, “And thou, miserable city of Antioch.” [more...] [$]