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Title: A treatise of the wonderfull mystery of the divine power: The greatest of all secrets. Manifested thro' the divine wisdom in the light of eternal nature. / Written July 4th 1708 by Caleb Gilman.
Alternative Title: Tractatio brevis de mundo luminoso, or, A breif discovery of the wonderfull mystery of the divine magia: The greatest of all secrets. Manifested thro' the glass of divine wisdom, in the light of eternal nature.
Creator: Gilman, Caleb.
Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.
Contributor: Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1708
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript. Many edits, cancellations and additions throughout the text in green and black ink. Uncorrected title page reads: Tractatio brevis de mundo luminoso, or, A breif discovery of the wonderfull mystery of the divine magia : The greatest of all secrets. Manifested thro' the glass of divine wisdom, in the light of eternal nature. Written July 4th Anno Christi 1708 by Caleb Gilman.
Scope/Content: Manuscript volume dated 1708, concerning Christian mysticism and magic. The author appears to be strongly influenced by the works of Jakob B{uml}ohme.
Condition: Bound in modern half green morocco with marbled boards.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Bookplates (Provenance)
Extent: [34] p., bound ;22 cm.
Identifier: ark:/21198/n16k73
MS.1950.012
Language: English
eng
Subject: Mysticism--England--Early works to 1800.
Occultism--England--Early works to 1800.
Place: England
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of Crewe on front paste-down endpaper.
Location: CLUW

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