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[[Johannes Trithemius]] mentions two separate works (''Liber quoque Officiorum'' and ''De Officiis Spirituum''), indicating that the text may have branched off by his time. Weyer, in his ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'', lists his source as ''Liber officiorum spirituum''. [[Thomas Rudd]] titles his copy of the ''Ars Goetia'' as ''Liber Malorum Spirituum''.
[[Johannes Trithemius]] mentions two separate works (''Liber quoque Officiorum'' and ''De Officiis Spirituum''), indicating that the text may have branched off by his time. Weyer, in his ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'', lists his source as ''Liber officiorum spirituum''. [[Thomas Rudd]] titles his copy of the ''Ars Goetia'' as ''Liber Malorum Spirituum''.


The most detailed version is a direct, but poor, translation from English to Latin. This version was either copied or translated by Englishman John Porter in 1583 and was owned by artist Richard Cosway. Upon his death in the 1820s, it passed hands to a bookshop owned by John Denley, bought by an [[occultist]] named George W. Graham on behalf of a [[ritual magic|magical]] organization known as "the Society of the Mercurii." In the hands of the Mercurii, it came into the possession of Robert Cross Smith in 1822, who had John Palmer copy it. With Smith's death in 1832, the copy was passed on to Frederick Hockley. At some later date, Hockley acquired the first half of Porter's original manuscript, and attempted to compile both Porter's and Palmer's versions into a single version.
The most detailed version is a direct, but poor, translation from English to Latin. This version was either copied or translated by Englishman John Porter in 1583 and was owned by artist Richard Cosway. Upon his death in the 1820s, it passed to a bookshop owned by John Denley, bought by an [[occultist]] named George W. Graham on behalf of a [[ritual magic|magical]] organization known as "the Society of the Mercurii." In the hands of the Mercurii, it came into the possession of [[Robert Cross Smith]] in 1822, who had John Palmer copy it. With Smith's death in 1832, the copy was passed on to Frederick Hockley. At some later date, Hockley acquired the first half of Porter's original manuscript, and attempted to compile both Porter's and Palmer's versions into a single version.


Sloane MS 3824 (from the mid-seventeenth century) features a number of elements from the ''Book of the Office of Spirits'' and is an early form of the ''Lemegeton''. MS 3853 is titled ''The Office of Spirits'', starts off nearly identical to more complete Porter version.
Sloane MS 3824 (from the mid-seventeenth century) features a number of elements from the ''Book of the Office of Spirits'' and is an early form of the ''Lemegeton''. MS 3853 is titled ''The Office of Spirits'', starts off nearly identical to more complete Porter version.
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