Catalogue · Texts & Manuscripts
Texts & manuscripts · Liber II
The texts of Ancient Magic
2 works, arranged by date — each dated, summarised and brought up to date with current editions and scholarship. Complete texts are in the reading room.
The Sword of Moses (Harba de-Moshe) Harba de-Moshe Ḥarba de-Moshe Hebrew and AramaicAnonymous Jewish magical text; revelation ascribed to Moses · Late antiquity or early Middle Ages; Gaster's manuscript 13th–14th century- The Book of Protection (Syriac Charms) The Book of Protection, Being a Collection of Charms SyriacAnonymous Syriac Christian compilers; edited by Hermann Gollancz (1912) · manuscripts 18th–early 19th century (Codex A dated 1802–3); edition 1912