Editing Key of Solomon (section)

{{short description|Pseudepigraphical grimoire (book of spells)}}
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[[File:Aemethms.gif|thumb|right|250px|One of the [[pentacle]]s found in the ''Key of Solomon'' manuscripts. This one is identified as "The Great Pentacle" and appears in Bodleian Library Michael MS. 276, a 17th-century Italian manuscript. An equivalent figure also appears in a [[Latin]] version, Bodleian Library, Aubrey MS. 24, dated to 1674.
The figure is a variant of the ''[[Sigillum Dei|Sigillum Aemeth]]'' published by [[Athanasius Kircher]] in ''[[Oedipus Aegyptiacus]]''
(Rome, 1652–4, pp.&nbsp;479–81).
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The '''''Key of Solomon''''' ({{langx|la|Clavicula Salomonis}}; {{langx|he|מַפְתֵּחַ-שְׁלֹמֹה|Map̄teḥ Šəlomo}}), also known as the '''''Greater Key of Solomon''''', is a [[pseudepigraph]]ical [[grimoire]] attributed to [[Solomon|King Solomon]]. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century [[Italian Renaissance]]. It presents a typical example of [[Renaissance magic]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

It is possible that the ''Key of Solomon'' inspired later works, particularly the 17th-century grimoire also known as ''[[The Lesser Key of Solomon]]'' or ''Lemegeton'', although there are many differences between the books.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}