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Mentioned by Trithemius and Weyer, the latter of whom claimed an Arabic origin for the work. A 15th-century copy is attested to by Robert H.Turner, and Hebrew copies were discovered in the 20th century. The ''Ars Almadel'' instructs the magician on how to create a wax tablet with specific designs intended to contact [[angel]]s via [[scrying]].

The oldest known portion of the ''Lemegeton'', the ''Ars Notoria'' (or Notory Art) was first mentioned by Michael Scot in 1236 (and thus was written earlier). The ''Ars Notoria'' contains a series of prayers (related to those in the ''[[Grimoire of Pope Honorius|Sworn Book of Honorius]]'') intended to grant eidetic memory and instantaneous learning to the [[magician]]. Some copies and editions of the ''Lemegeton'' omit this work entirely. [[A.E. Waite]] ignores it completely when describing the ''Lemegeton''. It is also known as the ''Ars Nova''.