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Les clavicules de Salomon

by King of Israel Solomon

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: French
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Magical text attributed to King Solomon describing a method of summoning and commanding angels (each represented by a planet) by drawing pentacles and placing sacred objects. The text includes tables for planetary hours, colors associated with each planet, names of angels, and symbols for the planets, as well as a few ink drawings of instruments such as a sword and a cup. The unusual small, horizontal format may be due to the esoteric or clandestine nature of the text.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “esoteric” in the description and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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    • “esoteric”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the description.

    • “Angels”· in description

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

46 leaves : paper ; 35 x 240 mm bound to 50 x 240 mm; Binding: Parchment, probably modern.; Collation: Paper, 46; [1-46]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Single gathering of 46 leaves, with three leaves in the front and two at the end detached.; Decoration: Ink drawings of instruments (f. 12r-13r).; French.; Incipit:: Mon fils Roboam: come de toutes les sciences, il n'y en a point de plus naturelle et de plus utile que la connaissance de mouvemens celestes ... (f. 1r).; Layout: Text pages written in 8 lines, occasionally in two columns.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in France, circa 1700 (Les Enluminures).; Script: Written in a cursive script in the same hand as Ms. Codex 1055.; This manuscript has a companion manuscript, cataloged as Ms. Codex 1055.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).

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  • ark:/81431/p3d963

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Cataloging notes

  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9940725713503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1054
  • Provenance: Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago), 2001.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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