Clavicula Salomonis Regis

ex idiomate Haebreo versa

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

121 leaves : paper ; 223 x 164 mm bound to 233 x 170 mm; Binding: Contemporary quarter leather with the remains of silk ties.; Decoration: Decorated title pages at the beginning of each book with yellow ink wash and an engraved frontispiece from an unidentified printed work pasted in (f. ii recto, 82r); 43 pen and ink pentacles with various magical symbols, words, and figures pasted onto red or yellow ink-washed pages; diagram of blades, lances, and wands to be used in ritual (f. 99r); partially ruled in red ink (f. 1r-28r).; Foliation: Paper, 121; [iv], 1-5, 7-37, [ii], 38-81, [i], 82-114; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Catchwords lower right corners. Folio 6 has been torn out resulting in a loss of text.; Jewish Italian engineer, mathematician, inventor, and archaeologist born in Mantua who served as engineer at the courts of noblemen such as Alfonso D'Este, Duke of Ferrara and authored works on mathematics, ciphers, and translated the Key of Solomon from Hebrew into Italian.; Latin, with transliterated Hebrew words.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in the second half of the 18th century.; Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.; Script: Written in a cursive script by at least two hands.; Title from title page (f. ii recto).