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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 First Figure and Preparation · Manuscript 8r · Scan 31

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Ms. 8r

Exposition de la première figure dans la quatrième page, où est l'explication du premier et du second agent, avec la figure du premier septenaire qui contient la préparation

Dans cette première figure on démontre ouvertement le premier principe, et la première matière de l'œuvre physique, qui est l'eau pesante et blanche de vif-argent qu'on a nommée esprit ou vapeur double dragon, par combinaison avec le soufre minéral ou fameux, se forment tous les métaux dans les entrailles

Ms. 8r

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The First Figure and Preparation

Ms. 8r

Exposition of the first figure on the fourth page, explaining the first and second agents, with the figure of the first septenary, which contains the preparation

In this first figure the first principle and the first matter of the physical work are openly demonstrated: the heavy, white water of quicksilver, which has been called spirit or vapor, double dragon. Through combination with mineral or celebrated sulfur, all metals are formed in the bowels

Ms. 8r

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.