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Title

Scienza cabalistica... etc..

Authors

• Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93028960)

Call number

Ms. Codex 1680
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962935533503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908764486
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3h41jn7x https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian and Latin

Origin

Date

between 1700 and 1799

Place

Italy

Summary

Collection of cabalistic texts that discuss numerology, ciphers, anagrams, and chiromancy with numerous tables and diagrams throughout.

Notes

• Title from title page of first work (f. 2r).
   
• Ms. codex.
   
• 1. f.2r-17v: Scienza cabalistica. 2. f.19r-52v: Kabala triangolare di Abramo Auanez Ebreo. 3. f.54r-63r: Cabala Caldaica perfettissima. 4. f.64r-75v: Cabala angelica divina Salomonis in sepulchro Robohamis invenia. 5. f.77r-86r: Kabala chiromantica.
   

Extent

87 leaves : 211 x 148 (169 x 105) mm bound to 218 x 162 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 87 + i (contemporary paper); [1-87]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Front and back pastedowns are detached from boards. Paper is stained due to mold and moisture damage, particularly the first and last few leaves.

Layout

Written in 22 long lines.

Decoration

Pen and ink diagrams of hands for use in chiromancy (f. 77r-81v).

Script

Written in a semi-cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
   
• Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
   
• Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 591, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014.
   

Subjects topical

• Anagrams--Early works to 1800
• Cabala--Early works to 1800
• Cabala
• Ciphers--Early works to 1800
• Ciphers
• Numerology--Early works to 1800
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Anagrams
• Palmistry
• Occultism
• Numerology
• Palmistry--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts, European
• Diagrams
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Manuscripts, Italian
• Codices

Keywords

• 18th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper
• Diagrams
• Kabbalah

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 2r — Scienza cabalistica, f. 2r
• fol. 19r — Kabala triangolare di Abramo Auanez Ebreo, f. 19r
• fol. 54r — Cabala Caldaica perfettissima, f. 54r
• fol. 64r — Cabala angelica divina Salomonis in sepulchro Robohamis invenia, f. 64r
• fol. 77r — Kabala chiromantica, f. 77r

Decorations

• fol. 77r — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 77r
• fol. 77v — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 77v
• fol. 78r — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 78r
• fol. 78v — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 78v
• fol. 79r — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 79r
• fol. 79v — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 79v
• fol. 80r — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 80r
• fol. 80v — Diagram, f. 80v
• fol. 81v — Diagram, Chiromancy hand, f. 81v