[Seals of the planets].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

German

Hebrew

Latin

Subjects (All):

Astrology--Early works to 1800.

Astrology.

Magic--Early works to 1800.

Magic.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Talismans--Early works to 1800.

Talismans.

Magic squares.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Manuscripts, German.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2008.

Physical Description:

9 leaves : paper ; 200 x 162 mm bound to 204 x 170 mm

Place of Publication:

[Germany], [between 1575 and 1599?]

Language Note:

German, with Latin and Hebrew.

Summary:

A manual on talismans or seals, thought to help manifest the powers of the planets when created in metal or on parchment. For Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, as well as the Moon and Sun, there is a brief text accompanied by five seal faces (except in the case of the Moon, which has four). Three faces have esoteric zodiacal and planetary signs and names, some with Hebrew letters; the fourth has a magic square (array of numbers) associated with the planet; and the fifth has a careful ink drawing of the planet represented as a divinity in human form.

Contents:

1. f.1r-2r: De sigillo Lunae.

2. f.2v-3r: De sigillo Martis.

3. f.3v-4r: De charactere Mercurii.

4. f.4v-5r: Sigillum Jovis.

5. f.5v-6v: De sigillo Solis.

6. f.7r-7v: Sigillum Veneris.

7. f.8r-9r: De sigillo Saturni.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 9; [1-9]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Script: Written in a German cursive script.

Decoration: Small ink drawings of divinities associated with planets: Luna (f. 2r), Mars (f. 3r), Mercury (f. 4r), Jove (f. 5r), the Sun (f. 6v), Saturn (f. 9r), and Venus (f. 9r).

Binding: Modern boards.

Origin: Written in Germany, in the late 16th century (Les Enluminures).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1264

OCLC:

261340200