The Key of Solomon

Documented history: The work known as The Key of Solomon (often called the Greater Key of Solomon and sometimes conflated with the Clavicula Salomonis) is identified in modern reference sources as a pseudepigraphical grimoire attributed to King Solomon. Available scholarship and reference summaries place its probable composition in the Italian Renaissance, dating roughly to the 14th or 15th century, and characterize it as a typical example of Renaissance magical literature. The supplied sources do not specify an original language, detailed manuscript witnesses, or a critical edition history; they present the work primarily by genre, attribution, and probable dating. Contents and claims (as sourced): The supplied reference describes the book as a grimoire and therefore by genre would include ritual instructions, conjurations, and talismanic material typical of such works. However, the provided excerpts do not enumerate or quote specific rituals, seals, names of spirits, magical words, diagrams, or step-by-step procedures. Consequently, no specific internal contents are asserted here beyond the general classification as a Renaissance grimoire. Legends and later reception: The key legendary element recorded in the supplied material is the pseudepigraphical attribution to King Solomon, a common practice in Renaissance and earlier magical literature whereby texts were ascribed to ancient or biblical authorities to lend them legitimacy. The provided sources do not supply additional legendary claims (such as curses attached to copies, guaranteed powers, or specific supernatural effects) nor a tradition of feared or cursed copies within the excerpts supplied.