A bit over half the key entry on the "Select Treatise" from Sloane 3821 is now done, and what remains is largely repetition with a few names changed (the conjurations of the Intelligences of Venus, Mercury & Luna). Figures have been redrawn, although since I took an editorial decision to correct the characters of the Intelligences & draw them to proportion, some of them ended up bearing little resemblance to those in the MS., particularly that of the Intelligence of the Intelligences of the Moon, whose name is shortened to "Malcha" throughout, since saying Malkah be-Tarshithim A'ad be-Ruach Shechaqim (or however the hell you want to Romanize it) three times in a row was evidently too much even for the kind of magician who writes conjurations as single run-on sentences of 1600 words or more full of legalistic phrasing.
And yes, the original MS. does tend to spell "Seal" thus inconsistently.
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