Note 109 — Scene 1.—Manfred alone.—Scene, a Gothic Gallery.[107]—Time, Midnight.
Reading edition
[Faust contemplates the sign of the macrocosm, and makes use of the sign of the Spirit of the Earth. Manfred's written charm may have been "Abraxas," which comprehended the Greek numerals 365, and expressed the all-pervading spirits of the Universe.]