Details

Standardized Title:

Clavicula Salomonis.

Subjects:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Alchemy.
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Astrology.
Magic -- Early works to 1800.
Magic.
Occultism -- Early works to 1900.
Occultism.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

French.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
This manuscript has a companion manuscript, cataloged as Ms. Codex 1055.
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).
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.
Layout: Text pages written in 8 lines, occasionally in two columns.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the same hand as Ms. Codex 1055.
Decoration: Ink drawings of instruments (f. 12r-13r).
Binding: Parchment, probably modern.
Origin: Written in France, circa 1700 (Les Enluminures).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago), 2001.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1054

Contributor:

Solomon, King of Israel, attributed name.

OCLC:

155930756

Access Restriction:

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