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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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French

Ms. 51r

Des bons et mauvais Anges et de leurs différences, rangs, occupations et de leur pouvoir dans la nature créée

Le tyran Nicocréon demandant quel était le plus grand des Dieux reçut pour réponse de l'oracle Sérapis qu'il fallait tenir pour dieu celui dont la tête était dans le Ciel, le ventre sur les mers, les oreilles dans l'air et les yeux brillants dans la lumière du Soleil, c'est ce qui a engagé Orphée à dire selon notre foi orthodoxe, il est un, seul, parfait, qui a créé tout, qui voit tout, qui se connaît lui-même et toutes choses, que l'esprit seul peut voir et comprendre, et dans un autre endroit il est tout, Pan, Tepher, tout, tout-puissant, plus ancien que le temps, seul Ignée, seul Éthérée, seul terrestre, seul aquatique. Nous ne finirions jamais si nous voulions rapporter tout ce qu'ont dit les docteurs sacrés et profanes, qui se rapportent

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The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: Good and Evil Angels

Ms. 51r

Good and evil angels: their differences, ranks, occupations, and power in created nature

When the tyrant Nicocreon asked which was the greatest of the gods, the oracle Serapis replied that he should regard as god the one whose head was in heaven, belly upon the seas, ears in the air, and shining eyes in the sunlight. This led Orpheus to say, in accordance with our orthodox faith: he is one, alone, perfect, who created everything, sees everything, knows himself and all things, and whom the spirit alone can see and comprehend. Elsewhere he is all, Pan, Tepher, all, almighty, older than time, alone fiery, alone ethereal, alone terrestrial, alone aquatic. We should never finish if we wished to report everything said by sacred and secular teachers, who agree

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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.