This record cites Stephen Skinner and David Rankine's 2007 critical edition, published by Golden Hoard Press, of Dr Thomas Rudd's seventeenth century Goetia manuscripts, which pairs each of the seventy two Goetic spirits with the angel of the Shem ha-Mephorash holding the same position. The edition's own evidentiary basis is a documented multi-manuscript transcription, working from Harley MS 6483 with extracts from Harley MS 6482, Sloane MS 3824 and Wellcome MS 3203, together with a full scholarly study situating the material within the seventeenth century angel-magic tradition of evocation, and this record states honestly that the attribution of the material to Rudd himself has been questioned and that the manuscripts are themselves compilations rather than a single original work. Use it for the content of this Goetic-angelic pairing system as this edition transcribes and studies it; a claim about the wider Solomonic tradition's own origins needs a source addressing that broader question, since this edition's scope is Rudd's own manuscript tradition specifically.
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AuthorThomas Rudd
PublisherGolden Hoard Press
Skinner and Rankine's 2007 critical edition, the modern published work this entry's own WorldCat citation names. The underlying seventeenth-century manuscript itself still has no publication year of its own, which is unaffected and stays unfilled. URLhttps://search.worldcat.org/title/goetia-of-dr-rudd-the-angels-demons-of-liber-malorum-spirituum-seu-goetia-lemegeton-clavicula-salomonis-with-a-study-of-the-techniques-of-evocation-in-the-context-of-the-angel-magic-tradition-of-the-seventeenth-century-being-a-transcription-of-dr-rudds-liber-malorum-spirituum-seu-goetia-from-harley-ms-6483-with-other-pertinent-extracts-from-manuscripts-harley-ms-6482-sloane-ms-3824-and-wellcome-ms-3203/oclc/637468388
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Stephen Skinner and David Rankine's 2007 critical edition of Dr Thomas Rudd's Goetia manuscripts, working from four manuscript sources with a full scholarly study of seventeenth century angel-magic evocation technique, independent scholarship about the text rather than the bare manuscript tradition alone. NotesPublicationYear left NULL deliberately: a manuscript tradition, seventeenth-century, with no publication date. Sets each of the seventy-two Goetic spirits against the angel of the Shem ha-Mephorash holding the same position. The attribution of the material to Rudd himself has been questioned and the manuscripts are compilations.
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This source names Solomon directly: "studies it; a claim about the wider Solomonic tradition's own origins needs a source addressing that broader question, since this edition's scope is Rudd's own manuscript tradition specifically."
Claims Backed By This Source (35 claims)
This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Historical Figures, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Open Questions, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Shem Angels, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Goetic Demons, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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