El Escorial, Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo, MS &.IV.6

Ars Magna Facsimile Edition

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The Ars Magna at El Escorial is a sixteenth-century compilation of texts outlining the philosophy of Ramon Llull, who sought to establish proofs of Christian dogma without recourse to scripture. Llull designed the rational systems outlined in the text and the diagrams to serve in converting Muslims and Jews to the perceived truth of Christian belief. His systems of argument are often presented as diagrams. Several of the manuscript's twenty-nine diagrams comprise superimposed geometric shapes that can be moved around a pivot (called volvelles).

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#1 Ars Magna. Raimundo Lulio

Madrid: Kaydeda Ediciones, 1990

  • Limited Edition: 995 copies
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Ars Magna: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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#2 Ars Magna

Madrid: AyN Ediciones

  • Commentary by Planas Badenas, Josefina
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Ars Magna: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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