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Libra Esoterica

[Collection of cabalistic texts]

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: English, Italian, Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Collection of cabalistic works with an emphasis on angels. The primary text is a translation in Italian and Latin of excerpts from the medieval Book of Raziel, also known as the Sefer Raziel HaMalach, in which Solomon recounts how the angel Raziel delivered a book of divine secrets to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Raziel was the angel stationed beside God's throne and thus recorded the secret knowledge that was discussed. The text includes instructions for practical magic such as how to attain one's desires (p. 4), cure illness (p. 10), defeat enemies (p. 33), and gain someone's love (p. 53). Also includes sections on divine names, numerological tables, and invocations.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Divination and oracles, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata and “occult” in the cataloging notes.

    • “Occultism”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “occult”· in cataloging note
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and “sigil” in the edition notes.

    • “Magic”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “sigil”· in edition notes
  • Divination and oracles

    Retained metadata contains “Numerology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Numerology”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Cabala”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata and “Cabala” in the edition notes.

    • “Cabala”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Cabala”· in subject
    • “Cabala”· in edition notes
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the description and “Angels” in the subject metadata.

    • “Angels”· in description
    • “Angels”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

61 leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 mm bound to 217 x 154 mm; Binding: Contemporary pasteboards.; Decoration: Drawing of sigil (p. 42).; Italian, with some passages in Latin, notes in English, and Hebrew characters.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Probably written in Italy in the 18th century.; Pagination: Paper, 61; [iv], 1-43, [xi], 1-8, [xlvi], 1-6, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [iv], 1-118; modern pagination in pencil, lower right corners. All references in this record are to the modern pagination.; Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.; Script: Written in various cursive and semi-cursive scripts by many different hands.; See also UPenn Ms. Codex 1685 for a copy of this manuscript with a partial English translation in the hand of Charles Rainsford.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-43: Compendio del libro dello Cephar Raziel id est Angelus Magni Secreti. 2. p.53-62: Compendium totius s[anctissima] cabala. 3. p.65-106: Regole di M. Gio. Adamo Wetter. 4. p.109-114: Vero modo d'acquistare la kabola angelica.; Title supplied by cataloger.

1700—English, Italian, Latin—Public download

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9962935413503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1674
  • Provenance: Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.; Formerly owned by the Jesuit College in Naples (note, p. iii).; Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.; Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 585, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).; Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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