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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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montagnes, car c’est dans cette suprême et première région de l’air, où la sérénité n’est troublée ni par les vents, ni par le froid, la foudre et les nuages, où est l’origine immortelle et la demeure céleste des Dieux. C’est pourquoi ils lui donnent pour père Jupiter qui tire son origine de la plus pure substance de l’air ; par la même raison nous lui donnons pour mère la matière, car dans le mois de mai, de l’aveu de ceux qui en creusant cherchent les minéraux, il s’élève une petite nuée blanche un peu au-dessus de terre sur le haut des montagnes, où ils se doutent qu’ils trouveront du vif-argent ; ils connaissent ce nuage à sa pesanteur, surtout si l’air est serein, et s’il n’y a point de météores, ce qui leur fait connaître certainement qu’il y a grande quantité de vif-argent dans ces endroits. Cela a engagé quelques personnes à dire que le lever de l’aurore naissante contribue beaucoup à faire connaître la matière de la pierre physique ; ils l’ont nommée en conséquence l’urine des gémeaux, dont le Signe en ce mois,

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The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Garden and the Spiritualization of Waters

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mountains, for in this highest and first region of the air, where serenity is disturbed neither by winds nor by cold, thunderbolts, or clouds, lie the immortal origin and heavenly dwelling of the gods. This is why they give him Jupiter as his father, who takes his origin from the purest substance of the air. For the same reason we give him matter as his mother. For in the month of May, according to those who dig in search of minerals, a little white cloud rises slightly above the ground upon mountain summits where they suspect quicksilver will be found. They recognize this cloud by its heaviness, especially when the air is serene and there are no atmospheric phenomena; this assures them that those places contain a great quantity of quicksilver. This has led some people to say that the first rising of dawn contributes greatly to the recognition of the matter of the physical stone. Accordingly, they have named it the urine of the Twins, whose sign, in that month,

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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.