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One of the oldest existing manuscripts (besides Harley MS 5596) is a text in English translation, entitled The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian and dated to 1572 (British Library, Sloane MS 3847). There are a number of later (17th century) Latin manuscripts. 1600 (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Memorial Library, Special Collections). An early Latin text survives in printed form, dated to ca.

The Greek manuscript is referred to as The Magical Treatise of Solomon, and was published by Armand Delatte in Anecdota Atheniensia (Liège, 1927, pp. 397–445.) Its contents are very similar to the Clavicula.Īn important Italian manuscript is Bodleian Library Michael MS 276.

There is also an early Greek manuscript dating to the 15th century (British Library, Harley MS 5596) that is closely associated with the text. Most surviving manuscripts date from the late 16th, 17th or 18th century. The original type of text was probably a Latin or Italian text dating to the 14th or 15th century. Several versions of the Key of Solomon exist, in various translations, with minor to significant differences. These, in turn, incorporated aspects of the Greco-Roman magic of Late Antiquity. Many such grimoires attributed to King Solomon were written during the Renaissance, ultimately being influenced by earlier works of Jewish kabbalists and Arab magicians. It is possible that the Key of Solomon inspired later works, particularly the 17th-century grimoire also known as Clavicula Salomonis Regis, The Lesser Key of Solomon, or Lemegeton, although there are many differences between the books. It presents a typical example of Renaissance magic. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. The Key of Solomon ( Latin: Clavicula Salomonis Hebrew: מפתח שלמה ) (Also known as "The Greater Key of Solomon") is a pseudepigraphical grimoire (also known as a book of spells) attributed to King Solomon. The figure is a variant of the Sigillum Aemeth published by Athanasius Kircher in Oedipus Aegyptiacus (Rome, 1652–4, pp. 479–81).

An equivalent figure also appears in a Latin version, Bodleian Library, Aubrey MS. This one is identified as "The Great Pentacle" and appears in Bodleian Library Michael MS. One of the pentacles found in the Key of Solomon manuscripts.