Velumnoctis - ✴ 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊 ✴

~Traditional Witchcraft, Gemma Gary The Red Serpent of the East Road The White Hare of the South Road The Grey Toad of the West Road The Black Crow of the North Road

Armored breastplate crafted by Filippo Negroli (fl.1532-51), made of metal. Currently part of the collection at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.

Illuatration from Ab¯u-Masar Gafar Ibn-Mu.hammad ; Engel, Johann [Hrsg.]; Johannes [Übers.]: De magis conjunctionibus annorum revolutionibus ac eorum profectionibus octo tractatus Albumasar. Johannis Angeli correctione (Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 31. März 1489)

Illustration of a witch from the book "Picturesque Russia," volume 5, published around 1897.

Galdrakver (‘Little Book Of Magic’) The ‘Little Book Of Magic’ is a seventeenth-century Icelandic manuscript, written on animal skin and containing magical staves, sigils, prayers, charms and related texts.

It is known to have once been owned by Icelandic Bishop Hannes Finnson who was alive from 1739 until 1796 and known for having a vast library containing many volumes of magic related texts and manuscripts. Full manuscript here.

Pluto in true color