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Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (The Lesser Key of Solomon)

The Lesser Key of Solomon survives only in manuscript, not in any early printed edition, and no single date or named compiler can honestly be given for it; the principal witnesses are British Library manuscripts from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and the text's own internal date of 1641 together with the fact that the Goetia section descends from a 1665 printing together set only a floor for how old the material is, not a settled date of composition. This atlas records that uncertainty directly rather than assigning a false precision. Use it as a primary record of what this specific manuscript tradition says; do not treat any single date or authorship claim about it as settled.

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3
An anonymous seventeenth century Solomonic grimoire surviving only in manuscript with no single compiler or date established, cited here as the tradition's own text rather than through any specific scholarly edition of it.
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PublicationYear left NULL deliberately. The work survives in manuscript, not in an early printed edition, and no single date of composition is established. Principal witnesses include British Library Sloane 3825 (17th century), Sloane 3648 (c. 1665 or later), Sloane 3805 (1685) and Harley 6483 (1712-13). The date 1641 occurs in the text and the Goetia's catalogue descends from a printing of 1665, which together set a floor. No compiler is named in any manuscript.
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Author
Anonymous (unidentified compiler)
URL
https://sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/lks04.htm
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primary-text
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Solomon, Figures

This source names Solomon directly: "The Lesser Key of Solomon survives only in manuscript, not in any early printed edition, and no single date or named compiler can honestly be given for it; the principal witnesses are British..."

Source Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (The Lesser Key of Solomon)Anonymous (unidentified compiler)
Claims Backed By This Source (1,046 claims)

This source backs 1,046 claims across the atlas. As facts: 800 well-attested. As cited relationships: 163 holds. Plus 83 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

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  • Articles, 92 claims: 92 well-attested.
  • Spirit Ranks, 68 claims: 54 well-attested, 7 holds, 7 general references.
  • Disciplines, 12 claims: 10 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Esoteric Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
  • Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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