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The Gnostics and their remains, ancient and mediaeval

ancient and mediaeval.

Also known as The Gnostics and their remains

by Charles William King

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xxiii, 466 pages 26 cm Preface -- Introduction -- I. Gnosticism and its sources -- II. The worship of Mithras and Serapis -- III. Abraxas, Abraxaster and Abraxoid gems -- IV. The figured monuments of Gnosticism -- V. Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons -- Description of woodcuts -- Description of plates -- Bibliographical appendix / Joseph Jacobs -- Index -- Plates A to O commitment to retain 20151208 Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-456) and index

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Talismans” in the subject metadata.

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  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library, internet-archive, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Gnosis” and “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “Gnosticism” in the description, “Gnosis” in the subject metadata, and “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata.

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Editions

5 editions cataloged here.

ancient and mediaeval

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1887-01-01T00:00:00ZD. Nutt; London : D. Nutt; London, D. NuttEnglish—Public digitized item

Bavarian State Library digitized rare-book edition

Digitized image count: 320; Extent: XVI, 251 S.; Shelfmark: H.eccl. 562 u

1864Bell and Daldy; London : Bell and DaldyEnglish—Public

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1887David Nutt; London : David NuttEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • B3Kat identifier: BV011456767
  • Bavarian State Library shelfmark: H.eccl. 562 u
  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of California
  • Digitization license: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
  • Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Holding institution or provenance: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Publication place: London
  • Scanner: google
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  • Scanner: uoft2
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