Home›Open Questions›Who wrote the Arbatel de Magia Veterum?Open QuestionsWho wrote the Arbatel de Magia Veterum?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Who wrote the Arbatel de Magia Veterum?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-wrote-the-arbatel-de-magia-veterum.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Who wrote the Arbatel de Magia Veterum?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-wrote-the-arbatel-de-magia-veterumCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-who-wrote-the-arbatel-de-magia-veterum, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Who wrote the Arbatel de Magia Veterum?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/who-wrote-the-arbatel-de-magia-veterum}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe 1575 Basel edition names no author, and no signed manuscript or contemporary attribution has surfaced. Modern critical editions have examined the question without reaching a settled candidate.What would resolve this A documentary link, a printer's record, a contemporary letter or an internal stylistic match tying the Latin text to a named figure in the Basel printing or physicians' circles of the 1570s.OpenHistory of science / early modern book historyAnonymous, first printed Basel 1575; English translation by Robert Turner, 1655, Arbatel de Magia Veterum (Robert Turner's 1655 translation)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnArbatel de Magia Veterum, Esoteric Texts Well-attested Source Arbatel de Magia Veterum (Robert Turner's 1655 translation)Anonymous, first printed Basel 1575; English translation by Robert Turner, 1655tier 3SourcesArbatel de Magia Veterum (Robert Turner's 1655 translation)tier 3Anonymous, first printed Basel 1575; English translation by Robert Turner, 1655, Esoteric Archives (transcription), 1575View 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