The Pentagram as a Medical Symbol: An Iconological Study

By J. Schouten

The five-pointed star drawn in an unbroken line is the subject of the present study. During the 16th century until into the 17th century the pentagram was a well-known medical emblem; nowadays it is almost completely forgotten.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9060041666
• ISBN13: 9789060041666
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 98 Pages