The Ars Brevis is a mid-fourteenth-century magical treatise belonging to the ars notoria tradition, but it is most recognizably found in...

This article is Part 1 of 2, which may also be called “Necromancy: Six Ways to Summon the Dead.” Part 2 will present a survey of the...

After Julien Véronèse surveyed over fifty manuscripts of the Ars Notoria, he identified three versions of the textual tradition which he...

“Now, the seven mechanics are these: hydromancy, pyromancy, [and] nigromancy; under astrology, chiromancy, geomancy, geonogia, [and]...

The Ars Notoria (Notory Art) is a strange name for a 13th century magical handbook of prayers and figures. Why is it called that? There...

What was Robert Turner’s Latin source for his 1657 English translation of the Ars Notoria ? The most popularly known copy of the Ars...

“Specifically, on that very Friday, at the dawn of the day, you must take up your four [laurel] leaves, and with saffron mixed with...

The original Latin texts for the Ars Notoria and its derivative texts, excluding the Liber Florum of John of Morigny, are available in...

The Summa Sacrae Magicae (the SSM , transcribed as Summa Sacre Magice ) is a fourteenth-century magical compendium compiled and composed...

Many students have learned Latin thanks to the Jenney Latin Series over the years. Some sing the praises of Latin for its influence on...

The following is a Latin transcription of the Ars Notoria section of the Summa Sacre Magice. A portion of the Latin transcription has...

This is my English translation of the Ars Notoria prayers found in the Summa Sacrae Magicae of Berengarius Ganellus from University of...