This instruction is from the Book of Angels, Rings, Characters and Images of the Planets, attributed to Osbern Bokenham, J. G. Lidaka translation. It outlines a method of magic utilizing the well-known "magic squares" associated with the planets, where the square is constructed of some certain material and used after the manner of a talisman. Often as not, the device is constructed and used more offensively than defensively (as is typical with talismanic magic in general.) No specific consecration is mentioned. Of Jupiter it is written:

The figure of Jupiter is square and has a grid of 4. When you wish to practice magic with this figure, take a thin piece of silver made on its day (Thursday) and hour, and let Jupiter be in a favorable position. And on the piece sculpt this figure, and suffumigate it with aloe wood and ambrosia, and carry it with you. Any who see you will love you, and you will succeed in whatever you ask of them. And if you put this figure between the feet of merchants, their business will grow And if you put it in a dove-cot or in a place where bees are gathered, they will thrive. And if you carry it with you, your fortune will go from good to better And if you place it in the seat of some prelate, his rule will last and he will not fear his enemies.

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