The ''Grimoire of Armadel'' (original title: ''Liber Armadel seu totius cabalae perfectissima brevissima et infallabilis scientia tam speculativa quam practiqua'') is a minor 17th-century French Christian

grimoire A grimoire ( ) (also known as a "book of spells" or a "spellbook") is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms and divination, and ...

kept in the

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. It was translated into English by S.L. MacGregor Mathers, and first published in 1980 after his death. It should not be confused with

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manuscript ''Lans. 1202'' as " ''The Key of King Solomon'' by Armadel; Book 4: The Spirits which govern under the Orders of the sovereign Creator" (''Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Par Armadel. Livre Quatrieme. Des Esprits qui gouvernent sous les Ordres du Souverain Createur'').

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Translation into English
* Bibliothèque nationale de France, Archives et manuscrits
''Recueil sur les sciences occultes'' (dit ''Grimoire ou la Cabale par Armadel'') ''ms. 2494''
Armadel {{occult-book-stub

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