Occult Literature
Mano Pantea: Two Views of a Symbolic Hand
The front and back of one symbolic hand are covered with miniature forms: a ram’s head, a table-like vessel, a reclining figure, reptiles and a set of scales. Two fingers extend while the others bend. Figures 156 and 157 appear in Elworthy’s discussion of the Mano Pantea. The two views let the eye follow the larger serpent around the object rather than treating the drawings as unrelated hand amulets.
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Illustrator not identified. "Mano Pantea: Two Views of a Symbolic Hand" [editorial title]. In The Evil Eye, Frederick Thomas Elworthy. London: John Murray, 1895; Wellcome Collection scan, 1895, J. Murray. Source scan leaf 340. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0329
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Illustrator not identified. Mano Pantea: Two Views of a Symbolic Hand. The Evil Eye. Scan leaf 340. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0049-0329