A compendium of the book called Sepher Raziel

Contributor:

Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809 (scribe); Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817 (former owner)

Name:

Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1750

Description:

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.

Language:

English

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.

Relation:

Unique at Penn blog post: https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

182 leaves : paper; 372 x 240 mm bound to 381 x 252 mm + 2 notes

Rights:

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

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.; Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.; English and Italian, with occasional Hebrew words.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1685