“Emanuel, draw your weapon and shield”

The grimoire in the Hungarian translation of the poet Baron Amade Antal (1723)

Abstract

The Jesuit Academic Printing House in Trnava published the first edition of a book under the title Gyözedelemnek trombitája (Trumpet of Victory) in 1723, which is a “little book of prayers” according to the additional text on the title page. The work, translated from Latin into Hungarian and published in a total of three editions, has not been researched until today. The study clarifies and defines the identity of the translator, presents the origin of the work (Enchiridion Leonis Papae) and its content, attempts to determine the edition on which the translation is based, and compares the Hungarian text with the currently available printed editions published before 1723.

Summing up the significance of Amade Antal’s Hungarian text, it can be said that his oeuvre, which cannot yet be considered complete, has been expanded and made more complete by a translation of literary work. 18th-century Hungarian literature was further enriched by a previously unaccounted for genre-worthy compilation: the grimoire. In terms of international research, this means that the eastern border of early modern European grimoire literature has shifted