'Explanatory diagram of the astronomical and alphabetical tablet of Bembo'

'Explanatory diagram of the astronomical and alphabetical tablet of Bembo' - from illustration by Eliphas Lévi, published in his work 'The History of magic', translated by Arthur Edward Waite , 1922. Bembine Tablet, the Bembine Table of Isis or the Mensa Isiaca (Isiac Tablet) was an elaborate tablet of bronze with enamel and silver inlay of probable Roman origin and mimicking Egyptian style. It was used by the 17th century hermeticist Athanasius Kircher as the primary source for developing his translations of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The hieroglyphics on the Tablet are now known to be nonsense. Eliphas Lévi, French occult author and purported magician. Born Alphonse Louis Constant, 8 February, 1810 - 31 May 1875. The History of Magic, plate after page 78