Editing Boline (section)

==''Key of Solomon''==
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[[Image:Ritual implements.gif|thumb|200px|right|From the ''Key of Solomon''. The ''artano'' and ''bolino'' are top left of the image.]]
Many of the bolines advertised in on-line "magick shops" have a characteristic crescent shape, and are described as being for harvesting herbs. This crescent shape is reminiscent of the [[sickle]] described in the ''Key of Solomon'', a medieval [[grimoire]] and one of the sources for modern Wicca.<ref>MacGregor Mathers, S. Liddell (ed.) ''The Key of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis)'' Revised by Peterson, Joseph H. (1999, 2004, 2005). Available at [http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/ksol.htm esotericarchives.com]</ref>

Confusingly, an Italian version of the ''Key of Solomon'' has a hook-shaped knife called an ''artauo'' (a possible root for athame) and a straight, needle-shaped blade called a ''bolino''. When the name "boline" was first used to describe the crescent-shaped blade is not clear. In ''The Book of Ceremonial Magic'' published by [[Arthur Edward Waite]] in 1911, Waite references a number of early works on magic which mention the ''bolline'' or ''sickle'', saying <blockquote>"Among the necessary properties mentioned by the Book of ''True Black Magic'' are the sword, the staff, the rod, the lancet, the arctrave or hook, the bolline or sickle, the needle, the [[poniard]], a white-handled knife and another knife, with a black handle, used to describe the circle. The most important to make is that called the bolline..."<ref>Waite, Arthur Edward, (1911). ''The Book of Ceremonial Magic''. London:William Rider. p.154</ref></blockquote>