Details

Subjects:

Angels -- Early works to 1800.
Cabala -- Early works to 1800.
Cabala.
Magic -- Early works to 1800.
Magic.
Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
Occultism.
Angels.

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscriptsP
Drawings.
Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, Italian -- 18th century.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

English and Italian, with occasional Hebrew words.

Summary:

Partial English translation and incomplete copy of UPenn Ms. Codex 1674, a collection of cabalistic works with an emphasis on angels, in the hand of Charles Rainsford. Contains incomplete copies of the first three sections, ending after p. 66 of UPenn Ms. Codex 1674.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (p. 3).
Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 182 + i (contemporary paper); [lii], 1-111, [112-312]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Pages ii-l and 112-312 are blank.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.
Decoration: Pen and ink drawings of symbols and sigils throughout.
Binding: Contemporary parchment with gold-stamped British royal coat of arms on the upper and lower covers.
Origin: Written in England in the second half of the 18th century.
See also UPenn Ms. Codex 1674 for the original manuscript from which this text was copied and translated.

Local notes:

Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.

Penn 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.
Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 596, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.

Cited as:

Compendium of the Book Called Sepher Raziel (Oversize Ms. Codex 1685). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Contributor:

Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, scribe, former owner.
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.
Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Contains:

Book of Raziel. Selections.

OCLC:

910726792

Web link:

Unique at Penn blog post