Ars Notoria: The Notary Art of Solomon

Ars Notoria is a medieval grimoire associated with the Solomonic magical tradition and devoted to acquiring knowledge, memory, and eloquence through prayerful ritual. It is historically important as a bridge between devotional and magical practice, and it offers structured prayers, orisons, and symbolic figures intended to aid intellectual illumination.

Works attributed to Solomon are among the most important texts in the history of Western ceremonial magic and related religious-literary traditions. Such attributions generally point to pseudepigraphic texts, especially grimoire literature, that used Solomon’s authority to confer antiquity and legitimacy on magical manuals.