His character: an abstract glyph rather than a figure, printed in the Arbatel and assigned to the metal of Mercury — quicksilver, which cannot in fact be cut, so the seal is written or drawn rather than engraved. The strokes are among the most divergent between copies.
Office
Governs the 14 provinces of Mercury and rules the things attributed to Mercury: he gives familiar spirits, teaches all arts, and enables the bearer of his character to change quicksilver at once into the philosophers' stone.