A German ritual skull, 16th/17th century. Brownish patinated skull without lower jaw, some teeth in the upper jaw preserved. Os temporale on both sides displaced (right side is fractured). The upper side of the skull with engraved magical circle. Height 14 cm. Magical circles and cabalistic symbols were used in whole Europe since the Renaissance which rediscovered the neo-Platonic theories of the late antiquity. historic, historical, 17th century, 16th century, handicrafts, handcraft, craft, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-ou,

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Keywords: 16th, 17th, bone, bones, brownish, century, clipping, clippings, craft, cranial, cut, cut-, cut-outs, german, handcraft, handicrafts, horrible, macabre, morbid, object, objects, patinated, ritual, skull, skulls, stills