Picatrix

Record summary

Picatrix is the common name for the Arabic Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm and its medieval Latin translation, a major work on astral magic, talismans, correspondences, images, perfumes, and planetary timing. Although its Arabic composition predates the requested period, its Latin circulation shaped late medieval and early modern European occult philosophy. It matters for comparison as a transmission case linking Islamic, Iberian, and Latin learned traditions. Researchers must distinguish Arabic and Latin witnesses, translation layers, and later Renaissance readings rather than treating “Picatrix” as one unchanged text.