Key of Solomon Grimoire Tradition
- Date of account
- Manuscripts from the late medieval and early modern periods; attributed pseudepigraphically to Solomon
- Location
- European manuscript and print circulation
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Key of Solomon is a family of magical manuals containing prayers, ritual instructions, planetary correspondences, talismans, and procedures for spirit-related operations. Although attributed to King Solomon, surviving witnesses belong to a later European manuscript and print tradition with substantial textual variation. It matters for comparing esoteric authority, ritual technologies, and claims of ancient transmission. Researchers can examine manuscript families, Christian liturgical borrowings, and early modern editorial practices, while avoiding the assumption that the attributed biblical authorship or ritual efficacy is historically established.
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