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Sloane MS 3191
- Record Id:
- 040-002115575
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000653.0x000379
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153853733.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 3191
- Title:
- John Dee's notes on ceremonial magic
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–80v: The only book of ceremonial magic extant in John Dee's hand.
ff. 1r–13r: The forty eight angelical keys, received at diverse times from 13 April to 13 July 1584 at Cracow, Poland. ['48 Claves Angelicae, anno 1584: Cracoviae, ab Aprilis 13o, ad Julii 13mi, (diuersis temporibus) Receptae: ex mera Dei nostril Misericordia cui soli, omnis laus, honor, et Gloria, Amen.']
ff. 14r–31r: Book of earthly knowledge, aid and victory, 2 May 1585 ('Liber Scientiae Auxilii et victoriae terrestris Anno 1585 Maii 2o, stylo novo; Cracoviae in Polonia per [Dee] collectur ex praemissis in lib 10o et aliis.') In English.
ff. 32r–51r: On the mystical rule of the seven planets ('De heptarchia mystica (Divinis ipsius Cicatonis, stabilita legibus) collectaneorum liber primus.') In English; divided into seven chapters. Portions of Dee's conferences with angels beginning 16 November 1582 (See Sloane 3188). The entirety of these books is in Dee's handwriting.
ff. 52r–80v: The remainder of the Liber scientiae.
One of Dee's manuscripts recovered by Elias Ashmole, of which he gives an account in Sloane MS 3677. A copy of this manuscript, made by Ashmole, is Sloane MS 3678.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002115575 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 3191 : John Dee's notes on ceremonial magic - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[3198]/040-002115575
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100153853733.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1584
- End Date:
- 1585
- Date Range:
- 1584-1585
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 335 x 225 mm.
Foliation: ff. 80 + 7 (endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Poland.
Provenance:
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), in 1672.
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased in 1753 from Sloane's executors by the Act of Parliament which also established the British Museum.
- Publications:
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'Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane', unpublished catalogue, volume 12, pp. 152– 153.
Geoffrey James (ed. and trans.) The Enochian Evocation of Dr John Dee (Gillette, New Jersey: Heptangle Books, 1984).
Donald Laycock, The Complete Enochian Dictionary (London: Askin Publishers, 1978).
Julian Roberts and Andrew G. Watson, facs. eds., John Dee’s Library Catalogue (London, 1990), p. 170.
Robert Turner (ed.) The Heptarchia Mystica of John Dee (Wellingborough: Aquarian Press, 1986).
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: Shakespeare and Renaissance, (online), 30 April 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)