A human skull with magical square, German, 16th/17th century Well preserved, ancient Roman/Celtic skull with lower jaw and slight remains of encrustations. Some teeth missing, some partially broken, the right side of the skull damaged. The skullcap with an engraving from the 16th/17th century, a magical square with the Sator formula. The engraved lines with remains of blackening. Mounted on a wooden stand of later date, ca. 1800. Height 27 cm. Incl. a small book with a gold-embossed leather cover: Henry Fricx, "Les désirs de la mort", Brussels 1773. The magical,

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Keywords: 16th, 17th, century, clipping, clippings, craft, cut, cut-, cut-outs, german, handcraft, handicrafts, human, magical, object, objects, skull, square, stills