Hockley, Frederick (1808-1885)

  • Hockley, Frederick, 1808-1885.
Date:
1868
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MS.2843
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Hockley, Frederick (1808-1885). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Book of Good Angels. Transcriber's holograph MS. A transcript of an anonymous ancient book of invocations and talismans, illustrated with two magical figures, and 14 figures of the 'characters and seals of Angels', pen-drawn and coloured in water-colour. Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1868

Physical description

1 volume 5 bl. ll. + 49 ll. 4to. 181/2 × 141/2 cm. Original half-calf binding. There is a calligraphic title-page in black and blue, headings in red, and text written within red rules. Written on the rectos only.

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Acquisition note

Purchased 1932.

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Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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  • 76103