Chapter 15.00: THE VESSEL OF BRASS.

THE VESSEL OF BRASS.

This is the Form of the Vessel of Brass wherein King
Solomon did shut up the Evil Spirits, etc. (_See Figures
158 and 159. _) (Somewhat different forms are given in
the various codices. The seal in Figure 160 was made in
brass to cover this vessel with at the top. This history
of the genii shut up in the brazen vessel by King Solomon
recalls the story of “The Fisherman and the Jinni”
in “The Arabian Nights.” In this tale, however, there
was only one jinni shut up in a vessel of yellow brass the
which was covered at the top with a leaden seal. This
jinni tells the fisherman that his name is Sakhr, or
Sacar.)

(Colour. —Bronze. Letters. —Black on a red band.)