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I recently prepared a scholarly edition of an unusual Solomonic manuscript titled Clavicula Salomonis Expurgata.
The text belongs to an early modern German manuscript tradition and contains divine names, planetary correspondences, pentacles, and ritual instructions characteristic of the Solomonic magical corpus.
What makes this manuscript particularly intriguing is the presence of planetary hour tables, symbolic diagrams, and long sequences of divine and angelic names rarely encountered in other manuscripts.
In this edition the material is presented in four layers:
• the restored digital image of the manuscript
• diplomatic transcription of the manuscript
• English translation
• historical commentary explaining the symbols and references
I prepared a small PDF excerpt from the edition which includes several manuscript pages, diagrams, and commentary.
The text belongs to an early modern German manuscript tradition and contains divine names, planetary correspondences, pentacles, and ritual instructions characteristic of the Solomonic magical corpus.
What makes this manuscript particularly intriguing is the presence of planetary hour tables, symbolic diagrams, and long sequences of divine and angelic names rarely encountered in other manuscripts.
In this edition the material is presented in four layers:
• the restored digital image of the manuscript
• diplomatic transcription of the manuscript
• English translation
• historical commentary explaining the symbols and references
I prepared a small PDF excerpt from the edition which includes several manuscript pages, diagrams, and commentary.