Catalogue · Texts & Manuscripts
Texts & manuscripts · Liber XXVIII
The texts of Solomonic Magic
37 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 Testament of Solomon Diathēkē Solomōntos Testamentum Salomonis GreekPseudepigraphically attributed to King Solomon; anonymous Greek-speaking Christian author · Usually dated 1st–5th century CE; manuscripts 15th–16th century
Ars Notoria (The Notory Art of Solomon) Ars notoria Salomonis The Notory Art of Solomon LatinAttributed to Solomon and Apollonius (pseudepigraphic) · late 12th–early 13th century; English translation 1657- The Almadel Almadel Salomonis Almandal Ars Almadel (Lemegeton, Book IV) Latin (archive text in English)Attributed to Solomon (pseudepigraphic) · Latin versions from the 13th century or earlier; English versions 17th century
Sepher Raziel (Liber Salomonis) Liber Razielis Liber Salomonis Book of the Angel Raziel Latin (English translation)Attributed to the angel Raziel via Adam and Solomon; Latin compilation of the 13th century · Latin compiled 13th century; English versions 16th century (one dated 1564)
The Sworn Book of Honorius Liber iuratus Honorii Liber sacer Liber sacratus Liber Juratus LatinAttributed to Honorius, son of Euclid, of Thebes (pseudepigraphic) · 13th–early 14th century- Liber Trium Animarum (Book of Three Souls) Liber Trium Animarum The Book of Three Souls Latin (later German translation)Anonymous; preserved by Berengar Ganell; associated with the Honorian 'New Art' · Before 1346, possibly 13th century
- Summa Sacre Magice (Compendium of Sacred Magic) Summa sacrae magicae Summa sacre magice LatinBerengar Ganell (Berengarius Ganellus) · 1346
The Magical Treatise of Solomon (Hygromanteia) and Delatte’s Anecdota Atheniensia Hygromanteia Apotelesmatike pragmateia Anecdota Atheniensia, tome I: Textes grecs inédits relatifs à l’histoire des religions GreekAttributed to Solomon, addressed to his son Rehoboam (pseudepigraphic); texts edited by Armand Delatte (1927) · Byzantine, manuscripts 15th–16th century; edition 1927
Key of Solomon Clavicula Salomonis Clavicule de Salomon Mafteah Shelomoh Clavicola di Salomone Latin and Italian (later French, English, German, Hebrew versions)Pseudepigraphically attributed to King Solomon; anonymous compilers, probably late medieval Italy · Core text probably 14th–15th century; most manuscripts 16th–18th century
The Book of the Seven Rings of the Planets (attributed to Messalah) Liber de septem anulis septem planetarum Book of Angels, Rings, Characters and Images of the Planets Latin (English versions)Attributed to Messalah (Mashallah ibn Athari, 8th-century astrologer); pseudepigraphic · Medieval; manuscripts 15th–17th century
Antipalus Maleficiorum (Trithemius’s Catalogue of Magic Books) Antipalus maleficiorum Antipalus maleficiorum comprehensus LatinJohannes Trithemius, Abbot of Sponheim and later of St James, Würzburg (1462–1516) · written 1508; first printed 1605
The Book of Soyga Aldaraia sive Soyga vocor Liber Aldaraia LatinAnonymous · 16th century (before 1583, when John Dee owned a copy)
Clavicula Salomonis in St. Gallen VSG 334 Vadianische Sammlung MS 334 Clavicula Salomonis Latin (some words in cipher)Attributed to Solomon; anonymous compiler · c. 1533–1566
Sefer ha-Levanah (Book of the Moon) Sepher ha-Levanah Liber Lunae HebrewIntroduction attributed to Hermes; associated with the Solomonic Liber Lunae tradition · Medieval text; manuscript 16th century; edited by A. W. Greenup, 1912
The Key of Knowledge (British Library Add. MS 36674) Clavicula Salomonis The Key of Knowledge EnglishAttributed to Solomon; anonymous English translator · Mid to late 16th century
The Clavicle of Solomon, Revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian (Sloane MS 3847) Clavicula Salomonis Sloane 3847 English with Latin prayersAttributed to Solomon, transmitted by 'Ptolemy the Greek'; copied by a scribe signing 'H. G.' · Copied 1572
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Johann Weyer) Pseudomonarchia Daemonum The False Monarchy of Demons Latin (English by Reginald Scot, 1584)Printed by Johann Weyer (1515–1588) from an older manuscript catalogue · 1577 (appendix to the fifth edition of De praestigiis daemonum)
The Trumpet of Venus Tuba Veneris Libellus Veneri nigro sacer LatinAttributed to John Dee (attribution uncertain) · colophon dated London, 1580- The Book of Oberon (Folger MS V.b.26) Book of magic, with instructions for invoking spirits, etc. Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.26 English and LatinAnonymous Elizabethan compilers · c. 1577–1583
The Secrets of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis de Secretis) Clavicula Salomonis de Secretis Secretum Secretorum Ars Rabidmadar Latin, Italian and French versionsAttributed to Solomon; anonymous Italian compilers · Circulating by the early 17th century; Warsaw copy c. 1600–1700
Clavicula Salomonis filii David (Duveen 388 printing) Clavicula Salomonis filii David Latin with Dutch biblical quotations and German divine namesAttributed to Solomon; anonymous printer · c. 1650
The Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis Clavicula Salomonis Regis The Lesser Key of Solomon English with Latin conjurationsPseudepigraphically attributed to Solomon; anonymous English compiler · Compiled mid-17th century from older sources; main manuscripts c. 1640s–1713
The Goetia (Lemegeton, Book One) Ars Goetia The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King English with Latin conjurationsAttributed to Solomon; anonymous 17th-century English compiler · Mid-17th century, drawing on 16th-century spirit catalogues
Theurgia-Goetia (Lemegeton, Book Two) Theurgia Goetia Art of the Aerial Spirits English with Latin conjurationsAttributed to Solomon; adapted from Johannes Trithemius' Steganographia · Mid-17th century compilation; source c. 1500
Ars Paulina (Lemegeton, Book Three) The Pauline Art Ars Paulina English with Latin prayersAttributed to the apostle Paul; anonymous compiler · Mid-17th century English version of an older Latin Pauline art
The Necromantic Rings of Solomon Annelli Negromantici del Salomone, Re de Ebrei Italian with Latin conjurationsAttributed to Solomon; appears to derive from a pseudo-Abano work · Early modern Italian manuscript; translation 2017
Kircher on the Sigillum Dei Aemeth Sigillum Dei Aemeth Sigillum Dei (Oedipus Aegyptiacus II.2) LatinAthanasius Kircher SJ (1602–1680) · Rome, 1653 (Oedipus Aegyptiacus, vol. 2, part 2)
Zecorbeni, or the Key of Solomon (Bodleian MS Aubrey 24) Zecorbeni sive Claviculae Salomonis libri IV Clavicula Salomonis Latin and EnglishAttributed to Solomon; copied by John Aubrey from an Italian's book · Copied 1674
Mafteah Shelomoh (Hebrew Key of Solomon, Gollancz manuscript) Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh Clavicula Salomonis (Hebrew) HebrewAttributed to Solomon; published by Hermann Gollancz · Manuscript copied c. 1700; described 1903, facsimile 1914
Grimoire for Conjurations (Grimoire pour les conjurations) Grimoire pour les conjurations FrenchAnonymous; owned by Marie-Anne de La Ville (1680–1725) · Late 17th or early 18th century
The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon (Lansdowne MS 1203) Les Véritables Clavicules de Salomon Abognazar French with Latin prayersAttributed to Solomon, 'translated from Hebrew into Latin by Rabbi Abognazar' · Lansdowne copy probably mid-18th century; related BnF copy dated 1634
Doctor Faust’s Fourfold Harrowing of Hell D. Faustus: Vierfacher Höllen-Zwang All vier Elementen wahrer Geister-Zwang GermanAttributed to Dr Johann Faust (pseudepigraphic) · claims Rome 1501 (2nd ed. 1680); probably 18th century; printed by Scheible 1847
Clavicules of King Solomon by Armadel, Book IV (Lansdowne MS 1202) Les vrais Clavicules du Roi Salomon par Armadel Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Livre Quatrième French with Latin versesAttributed to Solomon via a translator named 'Armadel' · Probably mid-18th century (French hand)
Clavicules of King Solomon by Armadel, Book III (Lansdowne MS 1202) Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Livre Troisième Of the Spirits and their Powers FrenchAttributed to Solomon via 'Armadel' · Mid-18th century
The Twelve Rings (Douze Anneaux, Lansdowne MS 1202) Douze Anneaux Traité des douze anneaux FrenchAttributed to Solomon; anonymous · 18th-century copy of an older ring treatise
The Key of Solomon the King (Mathers edition) Clavicula Salomonis The Greater Key of Solomon English (from French and Latin manuscripts)Edited and translated by S. L. MacGregor Mathers from manuscripts attributed to Solomon · Published London, 1889
The Magical Psalter Psalms used in magic Psalterium magicum English and LatinCompiled by Joseph H. Peterson from the Psalms (KJV and Latin Vulgate) · Web compilation 2005; Psalms of ancient date