Joseph Peterson's edition of the Sworn Book of Honorius is a critical scholarly edition, working from the surviving manuscripts of the text itself and testing the traditional ascription to Honorius of Thebes against other primary evidence, specifically the works of Pietro d'Abano, rather than repeating the ascription uncritically. That direct manuscript-based critical method, checkable against the specific pages and comparison it makes, is the edition's real evidentiary basis. This atlas cites it specifically for that critical introduction rather than for the magical text's own operative content. Use it for the documented critical assessment of the Honorius ascription and the manuscript tradition behind it; a claim about the text's own magical operations or theology needs the primary text itself addressed directly.
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Joseph Peterson's critical scholarly edition of the Sworn Book of Honorius; its introduction tests Trithemius's ascription of the Theban alphabet to Honorius of Thebes against the works of Pietro d'Abano and against the manuscripts of the Sworn Book itself. NotesCited for the introduction, pages 13 and 14, which tests Trithemius's ascription of the Theban alphabet to Honorius of Thebes against the works of Pietro d'Abano and against the manuscripts of the Sworn Book.
Citation
AuthorHonorius of Thebes; Joseph H. Peterson (ed. and trans.)
PublisherIbis Press
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://archive.org/details/sworn-book-of-honorius-liber-juratus-honorii-joseph-peterson
Source TypeCritical edition
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Thebes, Cities This source names Thebes directly: "traditional ascription to Honorius of Thebes against other primary evidence, specifically the works of Pietro d'Abano, rather than repeating the ascription uncritically."
Source The Sworn Book of Honorius (Liber Iuratus Honorii), Joseph H. Peterson's editionHonorius of Thebes; Joseph H. Peterson (ed. and trans.)
Claims Backed By This Source (94 claims)
This source backs 94 claims across the atlas. As facts: 28 well-attested, 2 open question. As cited relationships: 28 holds, 4 connected. Plus 32 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Alphabet Letters, 52 claims: 26 holds, 26 general references.
- Open Questions, 18 claims: 14 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 open question, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Studies, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 open question, 1 general references.
Well-attested
28Scripts & Magical Alphabets
Open question
2Scripts & Magical Alphabets
Holds
28Scripts & Magical Alphabets
General References
32Scripts & Magical Alphabets
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