21/04/2026
The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or the Munich Handbook of Necromancy (full title: Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum)
CLM 849, preserved in the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) in Munich, is a 15th-century Latin manuscript commonly known as the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or the Munich Handbook of Necromancy (full title: Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum). It is an anonymous compilation of goetic/necromantic material, likely assembled by a cleric with access to various sources. The core section (folios 3r–108v) contains around 42 "experiments" (rituals or operations), plus additional conjurations, lists of spirits, consecrations, and appendices....