Home›Open Questions›Did Honorius of Thebes exist, and if so who was he?Open QuestionsDid Honorius of Thebes exist, and if so who was he?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Did Honorius of Thebes exist, and if so who was he?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-honorius-of-thebes-exist-and-if-so-who-was-he.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Did Honorius of Thebes exist, and if so who was he?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-honorius-of-thebes-exist-and-if-so-who-was-heCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-did-honorius-of-thebes-exist-and-if-so-w, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Did Honorius of Thebes exist, and if so who was he?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/did-honorius-of-thebes-exist-and-if-so-who-was-he}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe Sworn Book of Honorius names Honorius of Thebes as the magician who compiled it at the direction of an assembly of masters. No document outside the Liber Juratus tradition itself mentions such a person, no Theban connection is corroborated, and the framing assembly of eighty-nine masters reads as a legitimating device rather than a record. The name may belong to a real compiler, to a deliberate pseudonym, or to a confusion with one of the popes named Honorius, to whom a separate grimoire was later ascribed.What would resolve this A datable manuscript, charter, university record or inventory naming a magician of that name independently of the Sworn Book, or a codicological study of the surviving manuscript families that placed the attribution earlier or later than the text it introduces.OpenMedieval Latin palaeography and codicology, with the history of learned magic.Owen Davies, Grimoires: A History of Magic BooksCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnThe Sworn Book of Honorius (Liber Juratus), Esoteric Texts Well-attested Source Grimoires: A History of Magic BooksOwen Daviestier 1SourcesGrimoires: A History of Magic Bookstier 1Owen Davies, Oxford University Press, 2009View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year