Names of the seven Archangels, 8th century

This is a copy of the brief Nomina archangelorum, a text probably earlier than the end of the 8th cent., in which seven archangels are listed to whom one should call on during incantations and prayers after changes of circumstance or fortune.



Transcription


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hæc sunt nomina septem archangelorum
Michael. Gabrihel. Raphael. Urihel.
Barachiel. Raguhel. Pantasaron.



Translation

See Translation Notes


Here are the names of the seven archangels:
Michael,
Gabriel,
Raphael,
Uriel,
Barachiel,
Raguel,
Pantasaron1.



Further reading


Paolo Tomea, 2017, Appunti sulla venerazione agli angeli extrabiblici nel Medioevo occidentale. I nomina archangelorum e l’enigmatica fortuna di Pantasaron. Analecta Bollandiana, Volume 135, Issue 1, pp. 27-62. Online here


Footnotes

1 Pantasaron, perhaps of Jewish provenance, who at the moment is not attested in any earlier source than the Nomina (Tomea 2017).


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