The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Name: The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I
Author: Attributed to Abraham the Jew

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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la seule vertu de Dieu, et non pas à toute créature. Car plusieurs théologiens que suit la Cabale des Hébreux, croient et même assurent que Jésus-Christ a pris un corps humain, indépendamment du péché d'Adam. Nous sommes de leur sentiment, et selon les conditions de la nature ce mystère profond de l'incarnation était décerné avant la création et le péché d'Adam et gravé d'un burin visible sur toutes les choses, surtout sur les métalliques, comme nous avons démontré ci-dessus. Il était établi sur la mort de Dieu et avant la création du monde, non pas pour obtenir le pardon d'un crime qui n'était pas encore commis, mais pour accomplir le gage de son amour envers les hommes, parce que Dieu étant infiniment immense et infiniment bon n'a épargné aucun moyen, n'a omis aucune manière pour le faire voir à l'homme indigne de si grands bienfaits. Il avait destiné l'homme pour être comme l'abrégé et le précis de toutes les créatures, ainsi il a célébré ce mystère, le plus grand de tous les prodiges, pour augmenter sa grâce et sa gloire. L'homme mortel a eu un

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The Second Operation and the Death of Christ

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God's power alone, and not to any creature. For several theologians, followed by the Hebrews' Kabbalah, believe and even affirm that Jesus Christ assumed a human body independently of Adam's sin. We share their opinion. According to nature's conditions, this profound mystery of incarnation was decreed before creation and Adam's sin, and visibly engraved with a burin upon all things, especially metallic things, as we have demonstrated above. It was established upon God's death and before the world's creation, not to obtain pardon for a crime not yet committed, but to fulfill the pledge of his love toward humanity. Being infinitely immense and infinitely good, God spared no means and omitted no manner of showing this to humanity, unworthy of such great benefits. He had destined humanity to be, as it were, the abridgment and compendium of all creatures. Thus he celebrated this mystery, greatest of all prodigies, to increase humanity's grace and glory. Mortal humanity had an

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.