Beschreibung:

GRIMOIRE – Manuscript containing portions of Ps.-Pietro d’Abano’s Heptameron with other notes on spells and rituals for summoning angels. Italy, late 17th century. A manuscript grimoire, combining text from a variety of sources with occult sigils and charts for summoning angels and other spirits. This ad-hoc spell book begins with an Italian translation of the Heptameron , attributed to Pietro d’Abano, containing charts of the appropriate angel for each hour and day, strings of magical syllables, and Latin invocations for the conjuration of spirits. The elaborate sigils draw on the rituals outlined in Abano’s text, as well as other similar magical treatises which circulated in both print and manuscript during the 17th century, such as the works of John Dee and Cornelius Agrippa, the Picatrix , and the Key of Solomon . Written on stray pieces of parchment in a reused binding, this seems to have been created for practical use in private magical experiments; some pages appear unfinished, with empty roundels prepared for future compositions. 12mo (132 x 90mm). On vellum, 100 leaves. Ruled in graphite and written in brown ink heightened with red, blue, green, silver, and gold. 12 pages of allegorical roundels (some not filled in), 45 full-page angelic sigils in brown, red, green, blue and yellow ink (some staining of the vellum, some leaves repaired at inner margin, final leaves wormed). Contemporary sheep (lacking clasps, remains of inscription rubbed out on back cover).