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Il Doni Tondo

Il Doni Tondo. Through God’s Eye. Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo c.1503. Sefirotic Tree : The Ten Emanations of God. Keter. Binah. Hokhmah. Gevurah. Hesed. Tiferet. Netsah. Hod. Yesod. Shekhinah. Sefirotic Tree as template for the Doni Tondo.

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Il Doni Tondo

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  1. Il Doni Tondo Through God’s Eye

  2. Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo c.1503

  3. Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God Keter Binah Hokhmah Gevurah Hesed Tiferet Netsah Hod Yesod Shekhinah

  4. Sefirotic Tree as template for the Doni Tondo

  5. Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God Ein-Sof= Knowable God Keter Keter Wisdom Understanding Binah Binah Hokhmah Love Power Gevurah Gevurah Hesed Hesed Beauty Tiferet Tiferet Splendor Netsah Netsah Eternity Hod Hod Foundation Yesod Yesod Kingdom Shekhinah Shekhinah

  6. Traditional Reading of Central Figures = Holy Family (Mary, Christ and Joseph) Steinberg’s Identification of Central Figures = God, Mary and Christ

  7. Sistine Chapel Ceiling “Creation of the Sun and the Moon”

  8. Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God Sefirotic Tree: The Ten Emanations of God Ein-Sof= Knowable God Ein-Sof= Knowable God Hokhmah Keter Keter Wisdom Understanding Binah Binah Hokhmah Love Power Gevurah Gevurah Hesed Hesed Beauty Tiferet Tiferet Splendor Netsah Netsah Eternity Binah Hod Hod Foundation Yesod Yesod Kingdom Shekhinah Shekhinah

  9. Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child c.1468

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

  11. 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 7 7 7 9 6 6 8 9 9 10 8 8 10 10 1 3 2 4 5 6 8 7 9 10 =

  12. God Ein-Sof Mary Binah Hokhmah Christ

  13. Ein-Sof= Knowable God Keter Keter Understanding Wisdom Binah Binah Hokhmah Love right arm Power red, judgment, rigor and the left arm Gevurah Gevurah Hesed Hesed Beauty compassion, harmony, green and king Tiferet Tiferet Splendor prophecy and the left leg Netsah Netsah Eternity right leg Hod Hod Yesod Yesod Foundation Shekhinah Shekhinah Kingdom

  14. Ein-Sof= Knowable God Keter Keter Understanding Wisdom Binah Binah Hokhmah Love right arm Power red, judgment, rigor and the left arm Gevurah Gevurah Hesed Hesed Beauty compassion, harmony, green and king Tiferet Tiferet Splendor prophecy and the left leg Netsah Netsah Eternity right leg Hod Hod Yesod Yesod Foundation Shekhinah Shekhinah Kingdom

  15. Foundation Covenant or phallus

  16. Kingdom Apple orchard and rainbow

  17. Carlo da Camerino The Madonna of Humility of 1400

  18. Kingdom Apple orchard and rainbow

  19. Girding Wall Doni Tondo as a representation of God’s Eye Representing the five Hebrew letters (Aleph-Lammed-Hay-Yod-Mem) of the name of God “Elohim”

  20. 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

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