Bidspirit auction | (CHRISTIAN HEBREW AMULETIC MEDAL). Obverse:
(CHRISTIAN HEBREW AMULETIC MEDAL). Obverse: A square divided into twelve compartments; in each appears the divine Tetragrammaton written in a different modality, with names of angels around. Reverse: Circular legend surrounding a pentagon, on the side of the pentagon the name of Jesus is written in 5 different ways, inside the pentagon, three concentric circles; in the center, haloed head of Jesus. Bronze. Diam: 37 mm. France, Early 16th-century. See I. Rezak, Engaging Mystery: A Late Medieval Hebrew-Christian Kabbalistic Medal, in Windows on Jewish Worlds: Essays in Honor of William Gross (2019) pp. 191–202. https://www.academia.edu/95253136/Engaging_Mystery_A_Late_Medieval_Hebrew_Christian_ Kabbalistic_Medal For the version of this medal in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Paris, see: https://www.mahj.org/fr/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/amulette-medaille-20854