Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic, with the Golden Flowers of Apollonius of Tyana (Vol. I - Version A). Edited and Introduced by Stephen Skinner & Daniel Clark, Golden Hoard Press., 2019
The Ars Notoria, or ‘Notory Art,’ is a Mediaeval grimoire designed to assist monks (or anyone) to... more The Ars Notoria, or ‘Notory Art,’ is a Mediaeval grimoire designed to assist monks (or anyone) to learn whole subjects in as short a time as a month, through the intervention of angels. It also has procedures for vastly improving memory and understanding, such that a single reading of a complex text will enable the aspirant to absorb and understood it. The procedure consisted of short prayers followed by orations or invocations made up of lists of the secret names of angels (some say demons) who will assist the aspirant in these feats of memory. These are read or chanted whilst the aspirant looks at a “nota,” a complex design which encapsulates the essence of the desired subject. These nota are unlike the sigils of any other grimoire, and were drawn with exquisite attention to detail. The oldest manuscript of the Ars Notoria dates from 1225, and is printed in this book in full. Despite the passage of almost 800 years, the Ars Notoria has never been published before with both its text and all its notae complete. This edition has four other full-colour complete sets of notae from the three following centuries. The commentary explains where the Ars Notoria fits into the history of magic (it was not part of the Lemegeton), charts the development of the notae, and the lives of the monks and magicians who were associated with it. The Ars Notoria has been popularised in academia by the studies of Claire Fanger and others which primarily focus on a derivative abridged texts usually referred to as 'Liber Visionum' written by John of Morigny in the early 15th century. However this volume goes back to the oldest text of the Ars Notoria dating from 1225 and another four texts, all of which contain the 'notae' without which the system does not work. In all five complete sets of notae are reproduced in full. This paper reproduces a small selection from the Introduction of this volume.
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The oldest manuscript of the Ars Notoria dates from 1225, and is printed in this book in full. Despite the passage of almost 800 years, the Ars Notoria has never been published before with both its text and all its notae complete. This edition has four other full-colour complete sets of notae from the three following centuries. The commentary explains where the Ars Notoria fits into the history of magic (it was not part of the Lemegeton), charts the development of the notae, and the lives of the monks and magicians who were associated with it.
The Ars Notoria has been popularised in academia by the studies of Claire Fanger and others which primarily focus on a derivative abridged texts usually referred to as 'Liber Visionum' written by John of Morigny in the early 15th century. However this volume goes back to the oldest text of the Ars Notoria dating from 1225 and another four texts, all of which contain the 'notae' without which the system does not work. In all five complete sets of notae are reproduced in full.
This paper reproduces a small selection from the Introduction of this volume.
Papers by Daniel Clark
The oldest manuscript of the Ars Notoria dates from 1225, and is printed in this book in full. Despite the passage of almost 800 years, the Ars Notoria has never been published before with both its text and all its notae complete. This edition has four other full-colour complete sets of notae from the three following centuries. The commentary explains where the Ars Notoria fits into the history of magic (it was not part of the Lemegeton), charts the development of the notae, and the lives of the monks and magicians who were associated with it.
The Ars Notoria has been popularised in academia by the studies of Claire Fanger and others which primarily focus on a derivative abridged texts usually referred to as 'Liber Visionum' written by John of Morigny in the early 15th century. However this volume goes back to the oldest text of the Ars Notoria dating from 1225 and another four texts, all of which contain the 'notae' without which the system does not work. In all five complete sets of notae are reproduced in full.
This paper reproduces a small selection from the Introduction of this volume.