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Does “Solomon” identify the same book?

A Clavicula, biblical wisdom, commentary, a Net of Solomon and a text about jinn belong to different catalogue entries. Compare their actual titles before combining their teachings.

Six references, several kinds of text

Project 6096 catalogues Clavicula Salomonis expurgata in German. CFMM 00008 catalogues Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and Wisdom of Solomon in Arabic Garshuni. A shared Solomon association does not make these the same work, or prove authorship by the historical king.

Script and language need separate fields

Arabic Garshuni identifies Arabic written in a Syriac writing tradition. Do not silently substitute Syriac for Arabic in a language field. The Armenian commentary, Syriac Wisdom selections and Geʿez Net of Solomon below also require their own source-language and textual identifications before comparison.

What to compare with the Key guides

The Clavicula catalogue title is a concrete manuscript lead for the Key collection. Its “expurgata” wording raises an edition question; it does not tell us on its own what was removed or why. Identify the surviving contents, compare a specified passage and ask for scholarship on this witness. The other Solomon records open separate routes through wisdom, narrative and attributed knowledge.

SIX NAMED MANUSCRIPT LEADS

Solomon across manuscript traditions

The fields below adapt HMML’s licensed catalogue metadata. They are not a transcription, a new translation or a completed image review.

Clavicula Salomonis expurgata

Stift Klosterneuburg. Bibliothek

Klosterneuburg, Austria · German

Shelfmark
Codex Claustroneoburgensis 1106
Catalogue access label
On-site only or order a scan
Surrogate
Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Clavicula Salomonis expurgata

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Catalogue uniform title: Clavicula Salomonis

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1700–1800 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

H. Pfeiffer and B. Černík, Catalogus Codicum Manu Scriptorum (unpublished manuscript, undated [early 20th century]).

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/03/11.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

CFMM 00008# Reference

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon

Church of the Forty Martyrs

Mardin, Turkey · Arabic Garshuni

Shelfmark
MS 8/1
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Catalogue uniform title: Bible. Old Testament

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: No numeric copy-date range supplied.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2020/02/10.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

APIA 00066# Reference

Commentary on the Wisdom of Solomon

Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul, Azgayin Matenadaran

Istanbul, Turkey · Armenian

Shelfmark
MS 66
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Commentary on the Wisdom of Solomon

Content location: pages 391-492

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1720 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Babgēn Kiwlēsērean, Tsʻutsʻak dzeṛagratsʻ Ghalatʻioy Azgayin Matenadarani Hayotsʻ (1961).

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2023/11/28.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

ASCBN 00045# Reference

Wisdom of Solomon. Selections

Syriac Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Baghdad

Baghdad, Iraq · Syriac

Shelfmark
N. 45
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Wisdom of Solomon. Selections

Content location: fol. 1r-23r

Catalogue uniform title: Bible. Wisdom of Solomon

Catalogue note: East Syriac dialect

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1800 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2021/03/23.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

SAV ABS 03558# Reference

Names of the jinn who followed Solomon

Aboubacar Ben Said Library

Timbuktu, Mali · Arabic

Shelfmark
3558
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Names of the jinn who followed Solomon

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1700–1950 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: Relocated. Catalogue record last updated: 2025/09/09.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

IES 00795# Reference

Net of Solomon

Addis Ababa University. Institute of Ethiopian Studies

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

Shelfmark
MS 795
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Net of Solomon

Content location: fol. 3r-60r

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1850–1950 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/01/26.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

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Catalogue credit and scope

Catalogue metadata from Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), vHMML Reading Room, CC BY 4.0. Babylon selected 36 records, selected relevant content items, removed formatting and reduced the fields. Original images are not included.

Six manuscript leads in each of six subjects. These are examples, not all HMML holdings or a ranked list. Source identifiers and access labels are retained. Translation coverage has not been reviewed at witness level. Babylon is independent of HMML and the repositories named here. The selection is reviewed on 5 November 2026; current conditions must be checked at the source.

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