Les clavicules de Salomon

Contributor:

Solomon, King of Israel (attributed name)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Early works to 1900

Date:

1700

Description:

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.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago), 2001.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

46 leaves : paper; 35 x 240 mm bound to 50 x 240 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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).; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1054