Planetary Characters from Konrad Gsellius

The volume Nigromantisches Kunst-Buch (A Nigromantical Manual) was published by Georg Konrad Gsellius in Köln in 1743, at Peter Hammer`s publishing house. We cannot rule out that the author and year of printing is as real as the fictitious Peter Hammer. A translation of this work was recently published by Enodia Press, but since I do not possess it yet, I cannot make any statements that could have been covered by the publisher's preface. 

I have chosen to bring this work to the public's attention both for furthering the editorial efforts of the good people of Enodia Press, but also to present these little known seals. 

Although the book is abundant in such elements, I will only reproduce the planetary characters, with the hope that I will be able to find their sources in the future. 

The first set of planetary characters is problematic, containing errors, and being presented in a vertical table. I have done my best to rearrange them horizontally for practical reasons and clean them to the best of my abilities. 

The second set is complete (the main reason I choose to present it first), the characters being associated to the days of the week and enclosed in double circles. This shape makes us think that they were meant to be either engraved as medals (like Paracelsus or Arnold of Villanova) or made into rings (such as the images of Belenus). The order, as well as multiple instances of the hexagram, would indicate a Jewish oririgin. 

I. Seals of the Days of the Week

(p.59-65)

1. Seal of Sunday (Sun)

2. Seal of Monday (Moon)

3. Seal of Tuesday (Mars)

4. Seal of Wednesday (Mercury)

5. Seal of Thursday (Jupiter)

6. Seal of Friday (Venus)

7. Seal of Saturday (Saturn)

II. Characters of the Planets

1. Characters of the Sun

2. Characters of the Moon

3. Characters of Mars

4. Characters of Mercury missing.

Due to mislabelling, the missing characters seem to be those of Jupiter or Saturn.

5. Characters of Jupiter. 

Quite possibly a misabelling, the final character is Venus.

6. Characters of Venus. 

Quite possibly a misabelling, the final character is Mercury.

7. Characters of Saturn. 

 Due to mislabelling, these may be the characters of Jupiter. 

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