Planetary seals of Benhensatrus (1)

The following seals appear in the work ”Of the Planetary Seals of Benhensatrus, an Indian King and Philosopher” (De Sigillis Planetarum Benhensatri Eines Indianisch Königs und Philosophi) a manuscript made available by the SLUB Dresda  and which can be found here: Mscr.Dresd.N.105 (many thanks to Daniel Clark and QiRui Huo for bringing it to my attention).

Seal of Saturn (f.2v)

Seal of Jupiter (f.3r)

Seal of Mars (f.4r)

Seal of the Sun (f.4v)

Seal of Venus (f.5v)

Seal of Mercury (f.6r)

Seal of the Moon (f.7r)

About Benhensatrus, Behencatrus, Rehencatricus,  a purported disciple of Apollonius of Tyana and king of India,  I'll write more further on, when time permits and in-depth study.   

Other possible works which might be identical and are pending study are:

-Leipzig University Library, Cod.Mag.19

       Rehencatrici totius Indiae regis, Apollonii discipuli, ars                     cabalistica sacrae philosophiae 

- Gent University Library MS 1021, A, fol. 59v–62r

                Behencatri viri sapientis et regis in India 

-St Petersburg, Biblioteka Akademii Nauk, Q. 537, (107v-112v); 

                  ‘Incipit libellus Behensatri viri sapientis et regis in India qui fuit                       in magicis expertissimus de sigillis planetarum. Saturnus habet                      in metallis plumbum…’ (107v-112v); 

-University of Leeds, MS 304:

               Ars caballistica philosophiae sacrae Rehencatrici totius                   Indiae regis, in qua panduntur perubilissima Naturae                      secreta et praecepta sacra ad intelligentiam et                                  invocationem spirituum traduntur

Trimthemius , antipalus: 

[43] Et est liber VII planetarum figurarum Geberi regis Indorum qui numeris includit septem nomina Dei, quemadmodum auctor in principio sermonis sui promittit, et sic incipit: Antiqui sapientes et philosophi in astronomia. 

[48] Item est alius liber Behencasin, praenotatus de sigillis VII planetarum, qui sic incipit: Saturnus habet in metallis plumbum, qui etc. 

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