Short Art

will, at the request of Master Raymundus Lullus, a Catalan from Majorca, that they heard from the said Master Raymundus the art or science which he says he made or discovered, the same Master Raymundus. Which art or science begins: God, with your grace, wisdom, and love, begins the Ars Brevis Short Art, which is an image of the art titled: God, with your supreme perfection, begins the Ars Generalis Ultima Ultimate General Art. The reason why we make this short art is so that the Great Art may be more easily known. For having known this, the aforementioned art and other arts could be easily learned, etc. And thus it concludes: To the honor and praise of God and of public utility, Raymundus finished this book in the monastery of Saint Dominic in the month of January in the year 1307 of the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The said masters and all others also asserted, as was said, by their oaths before our aforementioned sworn clerks, that the said art or science was good, useful, and necessary, as they could understand or judge, and that there was nothing in it against the Catholic faith or repugnant to the said faith. Many things, however, for the support of the said faith and making for it, could be found in the said science or art, as they said. The aforementioned things were done, acted, and testified by the masters and bachelors themselves, as has been recounted, before our aforementioned sworn clerks, in the house which at present the same