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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pour la formation de la pierre, si chaque nombre de feuilles ne se compte pas pour une semaine, mais pour un mois. C'est pourquoi le premier septenaire de pages se comptera pour un jour, car chaque sublimation demande un jour entier; le second septenaire de pages pour une semaine et le troisième septenaire pour un mois, en multipliant. Nous avons placé la baguette caducée dans le premier septenaire de pages pour faire connaître la diversité et non pas l'ordre de l'opération, parce qu'il sauterait aux yeux de tout le monde dans la première figure du jeune homme, faite à la main.

Dans le second septenaire de pages, nous avons placé un serpent attaché sur une croix et dans la troisième, des serpents très petits qui sortaient des fleuves et étaient dispersés dans une vaste solitude déserte, afin d'achever la seconde sublimation de l'esprit solaire dans le second œuvre, et la troisième dans le troisième œuvre, qui est leur dernière et parfaite corruption

The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I: The First Figure and Preparation

Ms. 12v

for the formation of the stone, if each number of leaves is reckoned, not as a week, but as a month. Thus the first septenary of pages will be reckoned as a day, since each sublimation requires an entire day; the second septenary of pages as a week, and the third septenary as a month, by multiplication. We have placed the caduceus wand in the first septenary of pages to make known the diversity, rather than the order, of the operation, because that order would be obvious to everyone in the first, hand-drawn figure of the young man.

In the second septenary of pages we have placed a serpent fastened to a cross, and in the third, very small serpents coming out of rivers and scattered throughout a vast, deserted wilderness: to complete the second sublimation of the solar spirit in the second work, and the third in the third work, which is their final and perfect corruption

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.