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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 Incarnation and the Birth of the Stone · Manuscript 80r · Scan 189

French

Ms. 80r

Le mystère de l’Incarnation représente en quelque sorte la première opération de notre pierre qui est sa nativité.

Rien jusqu’ici n’a tenu les esprits plus en balance et en suspens que le mystère du Verbe incarné qui est la base et le soutien de toutes les merveilles ; n’est-ce pas un crime de ne le pas croire puisqu’il a été annoncé par tant d’oracles de prophètes et de sibylles, signifié par les figures et les emblèmes des Égyptiens, confirmé par l’incarnation de Jésus-Christ même, établi par le témoi-

Ms. 80r

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Incarnation and the Birth of the Stone

Ms. 80r

The mystery of the Incarnation represents, in a certain manner, our stone’s first operation, which is its nativity.

Nothing hitherto has held minds more undecided and in suspense than the mystery of the incarnate Word, the foundation and support of every wonder. Is it not a crime to disbelieve it, since it has been announced by so many prophetic and Sibylline oracles, signified by the Egyptians’ figures and emblems, confirmed by Jesus Christ’s very incarnation, and established by the

Ms. 80r

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.