A couplet by this work's author appears in the story "The Nameless City," while John Merrit accidentally finds this book on a bookshelf in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
The only attempt at an English translation of this work was made by the John Dee. Ole Worm made a Latin translation, which was banned by Pope Gregory IX, while the translation made by the Greek scholar Theodorus Philetas provides its most common name. This work is thought to have its source in the Book of Enoch, and the beings described in it are believed to be Nephilim. A couplet by this work's author appears in the story "The Nameless City," while John Merrit accidentally finds this book on a bookshelf in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." Only five copies are known and can be found at locations such as the British Museum and Miskatonic University. For ten points, identify this fictional work, ascribed to an insane Arab, Abdul Alhazred, which is purportedly the source of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
The only attempt at an English translation of this work was made by the John Dee.
Necronomicon or Al Azif