Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 1677: Ars artium ... etc.. University of Pennsylvania 2017-10-06 2017-10-06 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1677: Ars artium ... etc.. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2017 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from caption title (p. 1). Ms. codex. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1677 9962935463503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/912939034 https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/ https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zc7rz4q Occult compendium copied and compiled by Charles Rainsford and mainly comprising prayers, lists of divine names for invocations (p. 180-189), and instructions for conjurations taken from works attributed to well-known occultists such as John Dee and Richard Napier. Practical instructions for conjuring spirits include one experiment for summoning the spirit Askariel so that he appears in a crystal or beryl with a garland of yellow flowers upon his head (p. 52). Another section details preparations to be completed before conducting rituals such as securing a secret room with an eastward-facing window that has been consecrated with frankincense, abstaining from the company of women, eating a spare diet, and dressing oneself in clean clothes (p. 39-40). A note by Rainsford on p. i states that it is an exact copy of a manuscript that he borrowed from a bookseller for the price of one guinea and that the original had the name Dr. Dee written on it, presumably a reference to John Dee, the 16th century occultist. The last section contains notes regarding the personal papers of alchemist Richard Napier which were bequeathed to fellow occultist Elias Ashmole and which are now housed at the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford. This section also occasionally makes references to earlier pages in the manuscript (for example, p. 201 refers back to the use of beryls for conjuration on p. 52). Also includes a partial list of contents (p. 190-191). English, Latin, and French, with occasional words in Greek and Hebrew Ars artium ... etc.. Dee, John, 1527-1608 Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692 Napier, Richard, 1559-1634 Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania) former owner Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817 former owner Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809 190 Table of contents, p. 190 208 Blank leaves begin 466 Blank leaves end

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 234 leaves : 159 x 98 (128 x 82) mm bound to 166 x 110 mm Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 234 + i (contemporary paper) leaves; [ii], 1-207, [208-466]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Written in 15-16 long lines. Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford. Circular diagrams (p. 180); red ink used throughout. Diagram, p. 180

Contemporary blind-tooled parchment; remnants of two metal clasps.

Written in England in 1787 (note, p. 206).

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