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Clavicola magica, e cabalistica

by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Italian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Cabalistic text.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • Magic· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Cabala”. Retained metadata contains “Cabala” in the subject metadata, “Jewish magic” in the subject metadata, and “Cabala” in the edition notes.

    • Cabala· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • Cabala· in subject
    • Jewish magic· in subject
    • Cabala· in edition notes

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43 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 284 x 202 mm bound to 303 x 215 mm; Binding: Modern boards.; Decoration: Illustrated with full page drawings of pentacles (p. 19, 24, 39, 40).; Italian, with some formulas in Latin.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 18th century.; Pagination: Paper i (modern paper) + 43 + i (modern paper); [ii], 1-26, 39-72, 77-86, [ii], 179-188, [ii], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [ii, 1-84], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. References in this record are to the contemporary pagination.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with p. 179-188 in a second considerably later hand.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-9: Incomplete text. -- 2. p.11-20: Capit. 1, Introduzione alla Clavicola Magica del Savio Re Slamone [sic]. -- 3. p.20-40: Capit. 2, Delle Inteligienze, e Genie che dominano sopra tutto ció ch'esiste sotto lo Natura, e sotto li Cieli. -- 4. p.41-43: Reflessioni sopra le apparitioni, e famigliavitá delli Spiriti. -- 5. p.44-46: Modello delli Carateri del Alfabeto Cabalistico. -- 6. p.47-51: Capit. 3, Della luochi propri, che si deuono scielgere per euacuare agli affari della grand'Arte Cabalistica, e Magica. -- 7. p.51-57: Capit. 4, Degli Utensili e mobili delli guali li luochi domiciliati... -- 8. p.58-70: Capit. 5, Concernente la Manièra Metodica di Compare li Pentacoli, li Talismani, Figure, e Carateri Magici... -- 9. p.70-86: [Various formulas] Formula del orazione...Formula della Congiura... -- 10. p.179-188: [Additional pages bound in] Composicione del Profumo Generale delli sette giorni...Capit. 11, Delli Sacrifici, e Oblacioni che si fanno alli Spiriti...; Title from supplement to Zacour-Hirsch: La Clavicola magica, e cabalistica del Savio Re Salamone, tradota dal testo original ebraico in latino dal virtuoso negromante Cornelio Agrippa, e posta in francese dal Rabino Nazar, capo della società della Grande Cabala della città di Arle, ove è trata la maniera di fare delli talismani, pentacoli, figure, carateri magici, e patti per le invocationi, congiurazioni, et apparizioni di spiriti seguendo le scongiure, il tutto con esatezza copiato dal originale che viene conservato nella Biblioteca dell'imperatore, portata de Gierusaleme.

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  • ark:/81431/p3vj89

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Cataloging notes

  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9915809623503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 515
  • Provenance: Sold by Jacques Rosenthal, Munich, 1946.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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