Magical circle used in conjuration
Due to Joseph Peterson s amazing generosity with information I found out about one of the most amazing depositories of occult manuscripts online. He notified all those interested in a short Facebook share that the Leipzig University Library (Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig) recently made available a collection online (Link here), with such works as Clavicula Salomonis,
Abramelin, Liber Razielis, Faust material, and many others.
Seal of the spirit Belus
I spent my time since then researching these manuscripts, carefully noting the shelfmark, the name and what contents they have, especially seals, diagrams, characters and such.
My private document, with direct links in the titles, could help others access this collection more easily, and help find relevant material whenever needed.
I know I drew a lot of information and was immensely helped by Frank Klaassen s list over at Societas Magica, so I figured I should not keep this to myself.
This is of course a rough draft with practical uses, not an academic reference tool.
The list does not have a detailed account of the contents, the author, the incipit, the language, the date of redaction and other codicological information, but it is a start in beginning to analise the collection.
The UniLeipzig website does not list them in any order in particular, so i chose to put them in order according to their shelf-mark.
I have found 142 manuscripts, if there are more, I have yet to find them.
I have found 142 manuscripts, if there are more, I have yet to find them.
Shelfmark
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Title with
hyperlink
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Notes on image
content
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Cod.Mag.1
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Pentacles
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Cod.Mag.2
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Seals, diagram
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Cod.Mag.3
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Characters
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Cod.Mag.4
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Usual seals and pentacles
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Cod.Mag.5
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Colored pentacles
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Cod.Mag.6
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spirit list and seals
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Cod.Mag.7
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-
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Cod.Mag.8
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-
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Cod.Mag.9
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Psalms with characters
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Cod.Mag.10
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-
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Cod.Mag.11
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.12
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Baron
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Cod.Mag.13
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-
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Cod.Mag.14
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Diagrams
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Cod.Mag.15
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Abramelin
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Cod.Mag.16
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Diagrams, SDE, seals, Thesaurus
Spirituum!
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Cod.Mag.17
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Qemayas
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Cod.Mag.18
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-
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Cod.Mag.19
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Pentacles, 14 original, Clavicula
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Cod.Mag.20
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-
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Cod.Mag.21
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Kircher ToL
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Cod.Mag.22
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Diagrams and seals
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Cod.Mag.23
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Plantary seals, Heptameron based
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Cod.Mag.24
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Diagrams
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Cod.Mag.25
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Diagrams
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Cod.Mag.26
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-
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Cod.Mag.27
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Names of spirits, Clavicle pentacles
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Cod.Mag.28
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-
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Cod.Mag.29
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Unique angelic seals, squares.
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Cod.Mag.30
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Seals, diagrams. Scheible.
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Cod.Mag.31
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-
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Cod.Mag.32
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Interesting seals
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Cod.Mag.33
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Ring images
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Cod.Mag.34
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Interesting characters
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Cod.Mag.35
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Ring images, characters
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Cod.Mag.36
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One figure.
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Cod.Mag.37
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The Oedipus Aegyptiacus talismans
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Cod.Mag.38
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14 seals, Scheible
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Cod.Mag.39
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Interesting seals
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Cod.Mag.40
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-
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Cod.Mag.41
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One seal
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Cod.Mag.42
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Psalm secrets with characters
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Cod.Mag.43
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One seal
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Cod.Mag.44
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-
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Cod.Mag.45
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.46
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.47
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.48
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Four diagrams.
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Cod.Mag.49
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-
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Cod.Mag.50
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Diagrams and seals
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Cod.Mag.51
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Simple seals and diagrams
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Cod.Mag.52
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-
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Cod.Mag.53
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.54
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Simple diagrams
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Cod.Mag.55
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.56
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.57
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Seals
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Cod.Mag.58
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Alphanumeric squares
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Cod.Mag.59
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-
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Cod.Mag.60
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-
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Cod.Mag.61
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.62
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-
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Cod.Mag.63
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.64
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Numeric tables
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Cod.Mag.65
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65 magical alphabets
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Cod.Mag.66
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Figure and seals
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Cod.Mag.67
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Few simple diagrams
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Cod.Mag.68
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.69
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.70
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-
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Cod.Mag.71
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Pentacles
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Cod.Mag.72
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Talismans, rings, diagrams and seals
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Cod.Mag.73
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Geomantic permutations
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Cod.Mag.74
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.75
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.76
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Spirit seals
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Cod.Mag.77
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Seals, diagrams, Scheible
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Cod.Mag.78
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Seals
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Cod.Mag.79
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-
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Cod.Mag.80
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-
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Cod.Mag.81
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Tables
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Cod.Mag.82
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-
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Cod.Mag.83
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.84
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Tablets (Dee?)
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Cod.Mag.85
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Seals of the clavicle
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Cod.Mag.86
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Few figures
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Cod.Mag.87
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.88
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Few characters
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Cod.Mag.89
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-
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Cod.Mag.90
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-
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Cod.Mag.91
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Seals, figure
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Cod.Mag.92
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14 diagrams
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Cod.Mag.93
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Diagrams
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Cod.Mag.94
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Seven complex diagrams
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Cod.Mag.95
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.96
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The evocation of Oberion.
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Cod.Mag.97
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-
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Cod.Mag.98
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Few characters
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Cod.Mag.99
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Few characters
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Cod.Mag.100
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-
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Cod.Mag.101
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Amulet or tefilin
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Cod.Mag.102
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-
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Cod.Mag.103
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Two seals
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Cod.Mag.104
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Few magical squares
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Cod.Mag.105
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.106
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.107
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-
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Cod.Mag.108
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.109
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Three diagrams
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Cod.Mag.110
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.111
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One complex diagram
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Cod.Mag.112
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-
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Cod.Mag.113
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.114
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.115
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.116
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-
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Cod.Mag.117
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.118
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.119
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.120
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Three diagrams
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Cod.Mag.121
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-
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Cod.Mag.122
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.123
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-
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Cod.Mag.124
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.125
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.126
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Two diagrams
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Cod.Mag.127
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Two diagrams, a few sets of characters
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Cod.Mag.128
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Four diagrams for each sign of the
Zodiac, Magical Calendar
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Cod.Mag.129
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One diagram
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Cod.Mag.130
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Few characters
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Cod.Mag.131
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-
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Cod.Mag.132
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Few characters
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Cod.Mag.133
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Interesting diagrams and seals
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Cod.Mag.134
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Few diagrams
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Cod.Mag.135
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-
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Cod.Mag.136
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Two diagrams, one seal.
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Cod.Mag.137
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Few characters, one diagram.
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Cod.Mag.138
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Numerous seals and diagrams.
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Cod.Mag.139
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Diagrams and seals
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Cod.Mag.140
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Seals, diagrams and characters
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Cod.Mag.141
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Several figurative drawings
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Cod.Mag.142
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Few alchemical symbols
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If you notice a link sending you to the wrong manuscript or any other glitch, please let me know.
Image source:
Des Bischoffs Albrechts Geister-Beschwerungen, zwantzig mächtige Geister zu citiren und zu beruffen, Schätze und anders mehr von ihnen zu überkommen - Cod.mag.50, pages 18 and 34
Thank you for posting this valuable resource.
ReplyDeleteYou re too kind mister Griffin. My honor to be of help. My input is quite small compared to the had work put in by the staff of the Universitary Library of Leipzig. As I recall from one of your speaches, you might be one to actually read the manuscripts.
ReplyDeleteplease check link Cod.Mag.132 thx.
ReplyDeleteDone. Thank you for the help!
ReplyDeleteThe links seem to just be loading blank pages for me in chrome, but it is the same when I do it from the university site. Are you using any particular software/browser/viewer?
ReplyDeleteIt s just a glitch or a down server. Happened 2 times since I know the website. It will come back.
ReplyDeleteHell Mihai as all ways you bring and do amazing work. Congratulations and Thank you for this. We want more of you in Romania. I am still waiting and looking forward for esoteric treat we have talked.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good and quality work as usually.
All the best Raul Petrisor
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank, very interesting, great contribution
ReplyDeletebig hug
Vartejaru Lord, can I use your work on my site?
ReplyDeleteCod. Mag. 139 link seems to lead to an early 20th century book about Islamic literature
ReplyDeletehttp://histbest.ub.uni-leipzig.de/receive/UBLHistBestCBU_cbu_00000184
DeleteI had a small part from a friend but thanks to you i will download all
ReplyDeleteI've been studying this collection for some time. I ran across it through the Dresden web site several years ago, but until a year or so ago could not establish a link to the collection. I've found a couple interesting things that might be of interest. Most of these mss appear in a small catalogue appended at the end of ps-trithemius's Veterum Sophorum Sigilla, 1732. The catalogue was issued by Friedrich Roth-Scholtz famous for his edition of the Deutsche Chemicum Theatrum. Roth-Scholtz has a short account of the collection prefacing his listing. One can down load the mss fro the Leipzig website but that can prove challenging. One can load only 50 pages at a time, After the first 50 pages the page order gets jumbled. The entire list is catalogued as text numbers which makes for a rather odd arrangement. Pages after that cross from two digits to three have to be prefaced with a leading zero (e.g. 080-120)
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know why the books can no longer be viewed online? If searched, I receive the message: For reasons of preservation, use is only possible in justified exceptions.
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
no idea...
DeleteDoctor Vârtejaru, I hope you are well. Thank you very much for the studies shared, and I would like to delve deeper. In my country we don't have access to a huge amount of original documents, and electronic media came to help. However, I tried to access the Cap.Mag.136 content link and realized that the link only corresponds to the library and not the document itself. Is it broken like the others I tried below and above, or was the intention just to indicate the library? J.Nascimento
ReplyDeleteFound them again. Search for Cod.Mag. in Identifier. https://sammlungen.uni-leipzig.de/search
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