Penn Library's Ms. Codex 1669 - [Works on spirits and their sigils]. (Video Orientation)

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Interdisciplinary Centers, Units and Projects::Penn Libraries::The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts::Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS)::Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): Videos
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Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
Talismans -- Early works to 1800.
Talismans.
Occultism.
Codices.
Diagrams.
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Manuscripts, French.
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2023
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's Ms. Codex 1669, a collection of works primarily focused on spirits and their sigils that includes numerous tables, drawings, and diagrams of magical symbols and their properties. Also includes additional sections on making rings of invisibility (f. 40r) and for uncovering thefts (f. 44r).

Written in France[?] in the second half of the 18th century.

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