View source for Oratio generalis magica Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi

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<b>Printing History, Manuscripts.</b> Three manuscripts.

<b>Editions.</b> Not edited by Huser or Sudhoff.

<b>Relationship between different versions.</b> The relationship between the Latin and the German <i>Oratio</i> is not clear.

<b>Structure, genre/form, perspective, style.</b>

<b>Relationship to other texts.</b> Not related to <i>Theophrasti Paracelsi tägliches Gebet</i> (§ ‎10.15). – There are three magical prayers in Widemann’s <i>Verzeichnisse</i> that are, however, not attributed to Paracelsus: <i>Oratio cabalistica vel psalmus cabalisticus constans 72 versibus</i> (IV, 18); <i>Gebet auf jeden Tag in der Woche zu sprechen aus der Cabala</i> (IV, 42); <i>Magisches Gebet</i> (I, 474). Further study required.

<b>Authenticity, authorship.</b>

<b>Time of writing.</b> Possibly written in the early 17th century. Further study required.

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<b>Manuscripts:</b>

German
* Amsterdam, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica: M126, 131
* Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek: Mscr.Dresd.N.43, f. 31r–33v

Latin
* Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek: Msc. theol. 191, f. 27v–33r

<b>First printed:</b> not printed

<b>Historical Manuscript Catalogues:</b> Widemann, <i>Verzeichnisse</i> (Kassel), n° IV, 18, 42 / I, 474

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<b>Essential bibliography:</b> Not mentioned by Sudhoff.

Gilly, <i>Paracelsus in der BPH</i> (1993), 68.

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