il doni tondo through god’s eye. michelangelo’s doni tondo c.1503

Il Doni Tondo

Through God’s Eye

Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo

c.1503

Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God

Keter

HokhmahBinah

Gevurah Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

Sefirotic Tree as template for the Doni Tondo

Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of GodSefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God

Keter

Binah

Gevurah Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

Ein-Sof= Knowable God

Keter

HokhmahBinah

Gevurah Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

WisdomUnderstanding

PowerLove

Splendor Eternity

Beauty

Foundation

Kingdom

Traditional Reading of Central Figures

=

Holy Family

(Mary, Christ and Joseph)

Steinberg’s Identification of Central Figures

=

God, Mary and Christ

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

“Creation of the Sun and the Moon”


Binah

Hokhmah

Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of GodSefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God

Keter

Binah

Gevurah

Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

Ein-Sof= Knowable GodKeter

HokhmahBinah

Gevurah

Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

WisdomUnderstanding

Power Love

Splendor Eternity

Beauty

Foundation

Kingdom

Giovanni BelliniMadonna and Child c.1468

Leonardo’s Last Supper c.1495 in the refectory of Santa Maria delle

Grazie in Milan

=

1

23

4

56

7

89

10

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

89

10

1

2 3

4 5

6

7 8

9

10

God

Mary Christ

Ein-Sof

Binah Hokhmah

Keter

Binah

Gevurah Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah


Keter

HokhmahBinah

Gevurah Hesed

Tiferet

HodNetsah

Yesod

Shekhinah

WisdomUnderstanding

Powerred, judgment, rigor

and the left arm

Love right arm

Splendorprophecy

and the left leg

Eternityright leg

Beautycompassion, harmony,

green and king

Foundation

Kingdom

Foundation

Covenant or phallus

KingdomApple orchard and rainbow

Carlo da Camerino

The Madonna of Humility of 1400

KingdomApple orchard and rainbow

Doni Tondo

as a representation of God’s Eye

Girding Wall

Representing the five Hebrew letters

(Aleph-Lammed-Hay-Yod-Mem) of the

name of God “Elohim”

Tetragrammaton

Is the numerical equivalent or gematria of the name of

God (in English pronounced YHWY), which equals 72

“Elohim” (aleph-lammed-hey-yod-mem) is the Hebrew word for

God and is connected to the tetragrammaton through

association and through numerical factors.

To confirm that the carved tondi represent the Hebrew letters of “Elohim” one must take their

setting, a circle or 360 degrees and divide by five (tondi/letters), which

equal 72.

360/5=72

il doni tondo through god’s eye. michelangelo’s doni tondo c.1503

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