VOCABULAIRE DE L'ANGÉLOLOGIE,

During his research and explanations concerning monuments predating the 8th century, one of France's leading archaeologists, M. Edmond Le Blant, encountered strange names that were nearly impossible to understand, even with the long-established names of angels and demons used among superstitious people.

It was therefore thought advisable to have before one's eyes an alphabetical list, as complete as possible, of all these often obscure designations; this would, moreover, fulfill a wish expressed regarding other publications (1). To this end, in mentioning an article published in the Revue de numismatique (1892, p. 241-258) on the "Medals and amulets with Hebrew legends preserved in the Cabinet of medals and antiquities of the National Library," M. Israël Lévi (Revue des études juives, t. XXV, 1892, p. 142) stated that it would be a service to researchers to compile a dictionary of all the names of angels and all the technical terms that constitute the "Vocabulary of all these makers of naive objects."

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