Research Catalog

Title

Le Cercle des lettres de l'alphabet = Dā'irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya : un traité pratique de magie des lettres attribué à Hermès / édition critique, traduction annotée et étude de Cécile Bonmariage, Sébastien Moureau.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bonmariage, Cécile.
• Moureau, Sébastien.
• Moureau, Sebastien.

Description

vi, 237 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles; 24 cm

Summary

The 'Kitab da?irat al-ahruf al-abjadiyya' is a composite treatise of letter magic attributed to Hermes. The edition and annotated translation of the Arabic text are accompanied by an explanation of the theoretical principles underlying the procedures described in the recipes, and a discussion of the entities, objects and ingredients used. These include names of the angels to be summoned, types of incenses and inks to be used, sketches and images to be drawn, etc. This is one of the first critical editions and translations of a full-length text of practical magic containing recipes pertaining to '?ilm al-huruf' (the science of letters). The book is addressed to Arabists and to any non-Arabist interested in the tradition of magic.

Series Statement

Islamic philosophy, theology and science ; V. 100

Uniform Title

• Dāʼirat al-aḥrūf al-abjadīyah.
• Dāʼirat al-aḥrūf al-abjadīyah. French.
• Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; V. 100

Alternative Title

Dā'irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya

Subjects

• Symbolism of numbers
• Islam
• Alphabet > Religious aspects
• Gematria
• Magie
• Hermetism
• Symbolism of numbers > Eary works to 1800
• Gematrie
• Islamic magic
• Early works
• Buchstabenmystik
• Alphabet > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.

Contents

Decouverte du traité -- Le Kitāb dā'irat al-aḥruf al-abǧadiyya -- Doctrine du Dā'irat al-aḥruf -- Introduction à l'édition.

Call Number

ReCAP 18-13853

ISBN

• 9789004315846
• 9004315845

LCCN

2016025935

OCLC

954719861

Title

Le Cercle des lettres de l'alphabet = Dā'irat al-aḥruf al-abjadiyya : un traité pratique de magie des lettres attribué à Hermès / édition critique, traduction annotée et étude de Cécile Bonmariage, Sébastien Moureau.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Islamic philosophy, theology and science ; V. 100

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; V. 100

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.

Added Author

Bonmariage, Cécile.

Moureau, Sébastien.

Moureau, Sebastien.

Added Title

Dāʼirat al-aḥrūf al-abjadīyah.

Dāʼirat al-aḥrūf al-abjadīyah. French.

Other Form:

Online version: Cercle des lettres de l'alphabet =. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004321540 (DLC) 2016035429

Research Call Number

ReCAP 18-13853