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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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The Guarded Art · Manuscript 2r · Scan 17

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Ms. 2r

faire; que personne ne dirige ses pas et ne lui montre le chemin, s'il ose toucher à ce livre sacré sans une inspiration divine. Qu'il ne goûte pas de la génisse qui sera immolée à ses yeux ni du Tacamaque qu'il aura planté lui-même. Qu'il ne repose pas (mais un autre en sa place) sur le sein de son épouse; que ses enfants et ses troupeaux soient livrés à ses ennemis, et qu'un autre peuple mange les fruits et les travaux de ses mains, et s'il passe dans la rue ou la main de quelqu'un, qu'on lui donne des sobriquets, qu'on fasse de lui mille contes; en un mot, qu'il soit rejeté et chassé de tous les endroits où il ira.

Que le Seigneur augmente encore toutes ces plaies et malédictions, que du peuple juif, innombrable comme les étoiles du Ciel, il ne reste pas un seul homme, et que votre nom soit effacé de dessus la terre, que pour votre ruine il vous disperse, afin que vous serviez des dieux étrangers, que vous marchiez sans cesse, et sans pouvoir vous reposer, et sans avoir dans le cœur

Ms. 2r

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Guarded Art

Ms. 2r

do. May no one guide his steps or show him the way if he dares to touch this sacred book without divine inspiration. May he taste neither the heifer slaughtered before his eyes nor the tacamaque he has planted himself. May he not rest upon his wife's breast, but another in his place. May his children and his flocks be delivered to his enemies, and may another people eat the fruits and labors of his hands. If he passes along the street or into someone's hands, may he be given insulting names and made the subject of a thousand tales. In a word, may he be rejected and driven from every place he goes.

May the Lord increase all these plagues and curses still further, so that not a single man remains of the Jewish people, though they are as countless as the stars of heaven. May your name be erased from the earth; may he scatter you to your ruin, so that you serve foreign gods, walk without ceasing and without being able to rest, and have in your heart

Ms. 2r

About This Reading Edition

The first manuscript in the Manly Palmer Hall collection at the Getty Research Institute: the Book of Hieroglyphic Figures, presented in French and English with 463 explanatory notes, 13 manuscript plates, 25 source details, an introduction, chapter outline, glossary, bibliography, and register of readings.

Historical Text and Translation

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures (Livre des figures hiéroglyphiques), attributed in the witness to Abraham the Jew. Getty Research Institute, Manly Palmer Hall collection of alchemical manuscripts, accession 950053, Box 1, Hogart manuscript 3; French witness catalogued circa 1800. Manly Palmer Hall is the collector, not the author.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The circa 1800 source manuscript is public domain. The supplied 2026 French reading transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, outline, glossary, register, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. Source photographs are credited to the Getty Research Institute and Internet Archive in the supplied edition.