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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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Ms. 101v

Du commerce du Soleil et de la Lune avec le mercure des Chimistes

Le premier commerce du Soleil et de la Lune avec mercure qui couchent ensemble, qui se fait selon l'art, je ne dis rien de celui qui se fait tous les cent ans dans les noires couches de la terre, est celui dont on a tant battu les oreilles du peuple par leur amalcation, parce que comme on connaissait notre eau sous une autre forme que de vif-argent ordinaire,

Ms. 101v

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Sun Moon and Mercury

Ms. 101v

The intercourse of the Sun and Moon with the chemists' mercury

The first intercourse of the Sun and Moon with mercury, lying together, which takes place according to art—I say nothing of that occurring every hundred years within earth's black beds—is the one with whose amalgamation the people's ears have been so battered. For since our water was known in a form other than ordinary quicksilver,

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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.