The Name in the pyramid, Christ in the sun, and the two commandments round the rim

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex omnibus viribus tuis. Et proximum tuum sicut teipsum.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered round the rim, read in two stretches; the fold and the curve take a few words.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “In hoc vinces. Filius Dei erat ipse.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, lettered round the figure of Christ at the centre.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Omnia.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, beneath the pyramid of the Name at the top.

Heinrich Khunrath, 1609 “Binah. Chesed. Geburah. Hod. Elohim. El. Emeth.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, in Hebrew, on the clouds, the names the plate gives them.

Paullus van der Doort, 1609 “Inventor: Paullus vander Doort Antwerp: sculpsit.” Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae, the signature on the rim.

Symbolica, 2026 Khunrath's Latin, put into English here. Round the rim: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength; and your neighbour as yourself. Round the centre: In this you shall conquer; he was the Son of God. Beneath the pyramid: All things. The pyramid at the top is the four letters of the Name set as a tetractys, one, two, three and four, the same figure Dee draws in numbers. The Hebrew on the clouds are names of the Sephiroth, understanding, mercy, strength, splendour, and the divine names El and Elohim, with Emeth, truth, in the oval at the foot. The rim names Khunrath as inventor and van der Doort of Antwerp as engraver. The dense outer ring of Hebrew is not yet transcribed.

The motifs the picture carries, filed by role. The marks on the picture itself come with the entry.

1. 1The Divinecentral motif as it reads here: The Name in the pyramid, Christ in the sun, and the two commandments round the rim
2. 2The Sun and the Moonsecondary motif
3. 3The Triangle and the Pyramidsecondary motif
4. 4The Heavenssecondary motif

A great circle: at the top a pyramid holding the four letters of the Name, with Omnia beneath; at the centre Christ on the cross inside the sun, a dove below him; the names of the Sephiroth in Hebrew on the clouds; the two great commandments in Latin round the rim and a ring of Hebrew outside them. By eye

Not yet decoded: the motifs are tagged by eye and the readings above are quoted from their sources. The marks on the picture and the sourced notes come with the entry.