Sunday 19 April 2020

Seals and sigils from Manuscript BnF Ital.1524

One of the most fascinating manuscripts on magic I have examined is BnF Ital.1524 and it has been fully transcribed and published in the collective volume Vedrai Mirabilia (You shall see wonders), by  Jean-Patrice BoudetFlorence Gal and Laurence Moulinier-Brogi. The Manuscript is also available online on the BnF website under the name Compilazioni di vari trattati latini d'astrologia, necromanzia, magia, medicina, ecc. in greyscale.  It's internally dated to 1446. 

The contents are extremely varied, ranging from astrological material and astral image magic to  negromantic experiments and the Clavicula Salomonis

My main interest in it were the series of planetary characters that it reproduces and the Candaries. The titles of the work to which they are ascribed, in square brackets, were deduced by comparison with other copies.

I have not included here:

-ornaments and latrines throughout the manuscript
- the astrological tables such as those on fol.11v, 61v, 62v
-various seals of experiments, some attributed to demons, some unattributed, too many and small to list completely here, that will be probably be published in a separate post
- more complex figures, useless without their experiments, such as on 16v, 53v, 57r, 98r, etc. 



1. Planetary Sigils 

from Tolomeo (Ptolemy) the Negromancer 
 70v-71r


The Sigils of the Sun


The Sigils of the Moon


The Sigils of Mars


The Sigils of Mercury


The Sigils of Jupiter


The Sigils of Venus 


The Sigils of Saturn 


Also these are called the Sigils of Jupiter


Also these are called the Sigils of Venus 





3. Planetary and Zodiacal Sigils 
[from Zael Liber de imaginibus]
 71v-72v


The Sigils of Aries


The Sigils of Taurus


The Sigils of Gemini


The Sigils of Cancer


The Sigils of Leo


The Sigils of Virgo


The Sigils of Libra


The Sigils of Scorpio


The Sigils of Sagittarius 


The Sigils of Capricorn


The Sigils of Aquarius



The Sigils of Pisces


The Sigils of the Head of the Dragon


The Sigils of the Tail of the Dragon



The Characters of Saturn



The Characters of Jupiter



The Characters of Mars



The Characters of the Sun



The Characters of Venus



The Characters of Mercury



The Characters of The Moon
(truncated)




3. Planetary Characters
[Belenus, De Imaginibus] 123r-v



The images of the Sun and it's characters



 The images of Venus and it's characters



The images of Mercury and it's characters



The images of the Moon and it's characters


The images of Saturn and it's characters



The images of Jupiter and it's characters



The images of Mars and it's characters





The Sigil of the Moon



The Sigil of Jupiter 



The Sigil of Mars



The Sigil of the Sun



The Sigil of Mercury



The Sigil of Saturn



The Sigil of Venus





5. Planetary Characters
[Hermes, De Imaginibus Septem planetarum] 178v




The Sigil of the Moon 




The Sigil of Mars





The Sigil of Mercury 





The Sigil of Jupiter 




The Sigil of Venus 




The Sigil of Saturn 




The Sigil of the Sun

















1. The Nine Candaries of Salomon
184v-185r



[First Candaria]


[Second Candaria]


[Third Candaria]


[Fourth Candaria]


[Fifth Candaria]


[Sixth Candaria]


[Seventh Candaria]


[Eighth Candaria]


[Ninth Candaria]




























. Characters of the Psalms
85r-87v

4.

301 sigilii
341 patrat
344 pent
361 sigilii
366 cerc
368 candarii
415 clacivula

416
418
419 carc



186r

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