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Title of a work of magical invocations and prayers attributed to Solomon and therefore related to the celebrated Key of Solomon the King, one of the most famous grimoires, or book of ceremonial magic.Ars Notoria is known in the English translation of Robert Turner, published by him in 1657.

The Ars Notoria is a Medieval Grimoire of the 'Solomonic Cycle'. Many Latin manuscripts are extant, the oldest are dated thirteenth century, and possibly earlier. Like Liber Juratus (also thirteenth century), the text centers around an even older collection of orations or prayers which are interspersed with magical words. The orations in Ars Notoria and those in Liber Juratus are closely related, and there is evidence that the Ars Notoria represents the earlier version, and Liber Juratus is dependent on it. The orations in both works are said to have mystical properties which can impart communion with God and instant knowledge of divine and human arts and sciences.

Robert Turner's 1657 edition of the Ars Notoria is evidently his own translation from the Latin, and is apparently based on the Latin version which was printed with Agrippa's Opera Omnia. Unfortunately both these versions omit the drawings of the notae or mystical drawings which are the centerpiece of this art. Their omission adds greatly to the confusion of the text. Unfortunately, Turner further adds to the confusion by omitting some of the internal references to the missing figures.

Turner's translations also exhibit some anti-Catholic bias, as might be expected. As examples, he omits references to confession, or renders the passage as "confessed unto God"; he also drops references to remaining faithful to the Catholic church.