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Attributed to Abraham the Jew

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I

Book of Hieroglyphic Figures

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Ms. 127v

arbre bienheureux, il chasse des corps et des esprits toute infirmité, misère, langueur, tristesse, avarice, pauvreté, soin, inquiétude et embarras de sorte qu’en jouissant de ce divin nectar, il semble jouir par avance des délices de leur béatitude future.

La multiplication et de la nature de la pierre représentent la figure et le symbole du Saint-Sacrement de l’Eucharistie

C’est une chose admirable de voir combien ce sacrement de l’Eucharistie est loué et honoré dans l’église, et combien il l’a été par les anciens philosophes du premier testament, et combien il a eu de vertu et de puissance en tous temps. De sorte que quoique plusieurs saints fidèles nous en aient donné plusieurs indices et témoignages comme dans la multiplication de l’huile et du blé, faite par Élysée, et dans la résurrection du fils de la Naamatite, ou pour ainsi dire dans la confrontation

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The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: Multiplication and the Eucharist

Ms. 127v

blessed tree, it drives from bodies and spirits every infirmity, misery, languor, sadness, greed, poverty, care, anxiety, and encumbrance; so that, enjoying this divine nectar, one seems to enjoy in advance the delights of future blessedness.

The multiplication and nature of the stone represent the figure and symbol of the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist

It is marvelous to see how greatly this sacrament of the Eucharist is praised and honored in the Church, how greatly it was by the ancient philosophers of the first testament, and how much power and efficacy it has had in every age. Thus, although many holy faithful persons have given us many indications and testimonies of it—as in the multiplication of oil and grain performed by Elisha, and the raising of the Naamatite woman’s son, or, so to speak, in the juxtaposition

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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.