The Ephemarium
In twilight's grasp, old charms breathe anew
Reinvigorating the Lost and Forgotten
Many are the items, icons and arts of the occult that succumb to the ravages of time, lost to the minds of many as they remain buried in archives and collections to remain beheld by only a few. The calling of The Ephemarium is to bring new life to these old friends, to faithfully bring them into the light so that they can once again be held dear by those who appreciate them.
Forthcoming
Calendrier Magique - The Magic Calendar
The Calendrier Magique was produced in the year 1895 by the poet Austin De Croze and was illustrated by the artist Manuel Orazi. The calendar was published at the famous Maison de l’Art Nouveau situated at 22 rue de Provence in Paris by Siegfried Bing whose gallery became famous for birthing the Art Nouveau movement.
My first forthcoming project for The Ephemarium is a faithful reproduction of the Calendrier Magique, maininting its original aspect ratio and professionally restoring the scans of some of the more damaged pages. Whilst the reproduction will be smaller in size (the original is very large at 50cm high) it will nevertheless retain all the details in both image and text.
Alongside the resotration there will be translation and short commentary on what the pages contain. Given the poetic nature of much of the writing translation will of course be though the lens of the documents occult nature as word for word translation offers poor insight into poetry.
Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum
Preliminary work is underway on a faithful reproduction of the Calendarium. The goal is to make available a print of the Calendarium that takes the three folded sheets and presents them as a single peice. Whilst others have done this before there have been a number of issues not least of which has been poor quality prints. Work involved is primarily focused on the restoration and repair of the original image to account for damage from the original folds, for the repair to account for the age of the paper, and to subsequently provide a large size singular print faithful to what was produced in 1582. This production is for the just the calendar itself as translation and analysis of the Calendarium has already been dealt with by eminent scholars such as Joseph Peterson which requires no additions from myself and whose work I strongly advise consulting to further explore this fantastic peice of history.
The Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum is a late renaissance (c.1619-1620) grimoire and esoteric print of calendar engravings. Its full title is Magnum Grimorium sive Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum Profundissimam Rerum Secretissimarum Contemplationem Totiusque Philosophiae Cognitionem Complectens. It is in three sheets, measuring more than four feet long and about two feet wide, and includes an early example of a Pentagrammaton.
The "author" in the 1619 (or 1620) Frankfurt print is given as Johann Baptist Grossschedel von Aicha (Frankfurt 1620), and attributes some of the engravings to Tycho Brahe. The original engraver is given as Theodor de Bry (Flemish-born German engraver, 1528–98) as originally published in 1582.[1] The 1620 engraver used by Grossschedel may be Matthäus Merian the Elder (Swiss engraver, 1593–1650).[2] The work predated, and influenced, the Rosicrucian furor.
I will be taking registrations of interest for this print in the future once work has been completed.