Detail View: Rylands Collection: Conjuration of the spirit Almuchabzar
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Image Number:
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JRL15092024
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Reference Number:
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Latin MS 105
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Image Title:
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Conjuration of the spirit Almuchabzar
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Parent Work Title:
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Magica - Insructio Pro Discipulis Seu Amatoribus Artis Magicae
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Artis magicae
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Creator:
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Scot, Michael
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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16th century
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Page/Sheet:
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Fol. xxviiii-xxviii
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Description:
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Stitched image: Latin pages, in black, green and red ink, detailing the conjuration of the spirit Almuchabzar.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Witchcraft
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Subject:
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Magic
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Subject:
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Supernatural
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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16th Century CE
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Item Height:
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193 mm
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Item Width:
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136 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Londesborough, Lord, former owner
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (Munich, 1980)
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Notes:
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The manuscript is in sham Arabic followed by the Latin translation.
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2015-11
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Educational Notes:
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Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World
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