The Hieroglyphic Monad (1564 Antwerp)

MONAD original: Monade;). Dee refers to his "Hieroglyphic Monad," a complex symbol he designed to represent the unity of all creation through geometry.;) we have demonstrated by example: then, to friendly advise that the first and mystical letters of the Hebrews, Greeks, and Latins were issued by God alone and handed down to mortals (despite whatever human arrogance is accustomed to boast). The shapes of all of them emerged from points, straight lines, and the circumferences of circles (arranged with wonderful and most wise artifice). And although the eternal heavenly wisdom of our Father has taught us that the entire meaning of the Mosaic Law must be considered, even down to the Iod and the fulfillment of every tittle original: Iodim & Apicum. A reference to Matthew 5:18: "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.":

Matthew chapter 5.c.

as if in the IOD and Chireck The Iod (Yod) is the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet; the Chireck (Hireq) is a single dot used as a vowel point. Dee views these "atoms" of language as the building blocks of reality. (from which all Hebrew letters and vowels arise) the final analysis of legal consideration were made: yet it is not contrary to us—WHILE THE UNITY OF THE APEX OF THE CHIRECK REMAINS UNMOVED—as we EMBRACE THE TRINITY OF CONSUBSTANTIAL MONADS, CONSPICUOUS WITHIN THE UNITY OF THE IOD ITSELF: FORMED FROM ONE STRAIGHT DESCENDING LINE AND TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF A CIRCUMFERENCE. Dee is performing a mystical geometric analysis of the letter Yod, arguing that its physical shape (a line and two curves) encodes the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. From which we reveal clearly enough, by the same labor: that the first men could not have built such a stupendous fabric of Hebrew letters and Nekudoth Nekudoth The system of dots and dashes used as vowels in Hebrew script from such mystical principles without the most immediate inspiration of the Divine Power. Although these things are the least of those weighed by the judgments of common grammarians; yet, when they are fitly considered by the wise—to what extent and with what wonderful artifice they accommodate themselves to the generation of all letters and points...