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The Alphabet of Nature COUDERT_i-iv_new.indd i 3/29/07 4:50:01 PM Aries Book Series Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism Editor Wouter J. Hanegraaff Editorial Board Jean-Pierre Brach Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke Advisory Board Roland Edighoffer – Antoine Faivre Olav Hammer – Andreas Kilcher Arthur McCalla – Monika Neugebauer-Wölk Marco Pasi – Mark Sedgwick – Jan Snoek Michael Stausberg – Kocku von Stuckrad ,/ György Szonyi – Garry Trompf VOLUME 3 COUDERT_i-iv_new.indd ii 3/29/07 4:50:03 PM 60 chapter two Portrait of van Helmont in his cell in the dungeons of the Roman Inquisition The Alphabet of Nature by F.M. van Helmont Translated with an introduction and annotations by Allison P. Coudert & Taylor Corse LEIDEN • BOSTON 2007 COUDERT_i-iv_new.indd iii 3/29/07 4:50:03 PM On the cover: Portrait of van Helmont in his cell in the dungeons of the Roman Inquisition This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614–1699. [Alphabeti vere naturalis Hebraici brevissima delineatio. English] The alphabet of nature / by F.M. van Helmont ; translated with an introduction and annotations by Allison P. Coudert & Taylor Corse. p. cm. — (Aries book series, ISSN 1871-1405 ; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN-13: 978-90-04-15230-4 ISBN-10: 90-04-15230-X (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Hebrew language —Alphabet —Religious aspects—Christianity—Early works to 1800. 2. Hebrew language—Alphabet—Religious aspects—Judaism— Early works to 1800. 3. Cabala and Christianity—Early works to 1800. I. Coudert, Allison 1941—II. Corse, Taylor, 1951—III. Title. PJ4589.H45 2007 492.4'01—dc22 2006051893 ISSN 1871-1405 ISBN 978 90 04 15230 4 © Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands COUDERT_i-iv_new.indd iv 3/29/07 4:50:04 PM To Polly and Reed COUDERT_F1_v-xlvii.indd v 3/29/07 4:50:25 PM COUDERT_F1_v-xlvii.indd vi 3/29/07 4:50:26 PM CONTENTS List of Plates ............................................................................ ix Introduction ............................................................................. xi Note on the Text ..................................................................... xlvii Alphabeti vere Naturalis Hebraici —A Short Sketch of the Truly Natural Hebrew Alphabet ......................................... 1 Images ...................................................................................... 169 Bibliography ............................................................................. 205 COUDERT_F1_v-xlvii.indd vii 3/29/07 4:50:26 PM
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