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Libra Esoterica

A compendium of the book called Sepher Raziel

by Charles Rainsford

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, Hebrew, Italian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Description

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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.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata and “occult” in the cataloging notes.

    • “Occultism”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Occultism”· in subject
    • “occult”· in cataloging note
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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

    • “Magic”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

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

    • “Cabala”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Cabala”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the description and “Angels” in the subject metadata.

    • “Angels”· in description
    • “Angels”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

182 leaves : paper ; 372 x 240 mm bound to 381 x 252 mm + 2 notes; Binding: Contemporary parchment with gold-stamped British royal coat of arms on the upper and lower covers.; Decoration: Pen and ink drawings of symbols and sigils throughout.; English and Italian, with occasional Hebrew words.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in England in the second half of the 18th century.; 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.; Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.; Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.; See also UPenn Ms. Codex 1674 for the original manuscript from which this text was copied and translated.; Title from caption title (p. 3).

1750—English, Hebrew, Italian—Public download

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9962935673503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1685
  • 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.; Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner.; Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 596, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).; Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, scribe, former owner.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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