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The Guarded Art · Manuscript 2v · Scan 18
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Ms. 2vaucune consolation; que, bien au contraire, vous ayez toujours le cœur saisi de crainte, l'âme accablée de chagrin, les yeux mourants, que jour et nuit il vous saisisse de crainte et de langueur, si en traitant de ces mystères, vous ne vous soumettez aux méditations, à la sagesse, au respect, et à la crainte, et si vous ne vous dérobez à la vue et au commerce de tous les hommes, et qu'enfin il soumette notre tête sous un joug de fer jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit écrasée; vous deviendrez l'esclave d'un ennemi que vous servirez dans la soif, la faim, la nudité et dans le besoin de toutes choses; il fera venir un peuple des extrémités de la terre, comme un aigle qui vole, qui n'épargnera ni les blés, ni les chevaux, qui ne lui laissera ni blé, ni vin, ni huile, qui restera proche de ses villes, et de ses murailles, et de ses portes assiégées, jusqu'à ce que tout soit pillé et ravagé. Que personne ne le reçoive par commisération ni l'appelle comme esclave, s'ils n'écoutent la voix de celui qui doit être envoyé, s'ils ne gardent les commandements et n'accomplissent les
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Guarded Art
Ms. 2vany consolation. On the contrary, may your heart always be gripped by fear, your soul overwhelmed with sorrow, and your eyes dying. May he seize you day and night with fear and languor if, in treating these mysteries, you do not submit yourselves to meditation, wisdom, reverence and fear, and if you do not withdraw from the sight and company of all people. Finally, may he place our head beneath an iron yoke until it is crushed. You will become the slave of an enemy whom you will serve in thirst, hunger, nakedness and the want of everything. He will bring a people from the ends of the earth like an eagle in flight, who will spare neither grain nor horses, leave him neither grain nor wine nor oil, and remain near his towns, his walls and his besieged gates until everything has been pillaged and laid waste. May no one receive him out of pity or call for him as a slave, if they do not listen to the voice of the one who is to be sent, if they do not keep the commandments and fulfill the
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.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.
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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.
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