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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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Modèle des figures hiéroglyphiques

Sur une mince écorce d'arbre, il dépeignait la figure d'un jeune homme dans une nuée; il était armé d'un casque et d'une cuirasse de fer, portant en sa main droite un caducée ceint et entortillé de serpents, dont il frappait son casque et avait des ailes aux talons; à la gauche du jeune homme il dépeignait un homme fort avancé en âge, également dans une nuée, mais un peu au-dessous du jeune. Il était terrible comme la mort et tenait

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The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: Model of the Hieroglyphic Figures

Ms. 6v

Model of the hieroglyphic figures

On a thin piece of tree bark he depicted the figure of a young man in a cloud. He was armed with a helmet and an iron breastplate, carrying in his right hand a caduceus encircled and entwined with serpents, with which he struck his helmet, and he had wings at his heels. To the young man's left he depicted a man of very advanced age, likewise in a cloud, but a little below the young man. He was terrible as death and held

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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.