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232 items
Testamentum Theorica
- 1446 – 1475
… (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), the famous Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic. The Testamentum was likely written by an …one of the first texts to develop the idea of the elixir, or the philosophers’ stone, as the agent of the general perfection of matter – able …
- Creator Of Work Pseudo-Llull
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Manuscripts, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Formulas, recipes, etc.
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192 items
Pretiosa margarita novella
- The Precious New Pearl
- Circa 1450 – 1480
…terminology and refutes arguments against alchemy. His discussion of the philosopher’s stone and transmutation is in keeping with other 14th-century treatises …he himself had not yet penetrated the secret, or experienced the philosopher's stone directly. Little is known about the author of this text …
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380 items
Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia
- The Book of the Secrets of Nature or of the Quintessence
- 1498
… (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), the famous Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic. Notably, the author of this work used large … transmutation of metals, and the artificial production of precious stones. …
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116 items
Miscellany of Medical, Magical, and Alchemical Recipes
- Circa 1520 – 1540
…Rupescissa (Johannes de Rupescissa) which contains a recipe for the philosopher's stone. Also includes alchemical notes and extracts from Turba …
- Author Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365
- Attributed To Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
- Subject Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Alchemy, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365, Medicine--Manuscripts, Medicine, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Italian, Alchemy--Manuscripts
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192 items
Various works including Lucidarium artis transmutationis metallorum, extracts from the Sommeta and Violetta, and Epistola
- Transmutation de' mettali
- 1557
…first book, Lucidarium, is theoretical, including definitions of the philosophers’ stone or elixir, the possibility of transmutation of imperfect …
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248 items
Le Petit Rosaire
- Extract on Alchemy from the Roman de la Rose (la Table de maistre Jehan de Meun)
- Circa 1600 – 1640
This is a seventeenth-century copy of a fifteenth-century translation and re-working of the Rosarius Philosophorum, one of the most important texts in the corpus of alchemical works that circulated under the name of…
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110 items
Trois Traitez de la Philosophie Naturelle non Encore Imprimez
- Three Treaties of Natural Philosophy Not Yet in Print
- 1612
…wife, Perrenelle Flamel (1320-1397), inspired the search for the philosopher’s stone that became the mania of the fifteenth century. This influence…
- Contributor Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Flamel, Nicolas, -1418
- Publisher Marette, Guillaume
- Author Artephius, Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
- Subject Flamel, Nicolas, -1418, Arnauld, Pierre, sieur de la chevallerie, Alchemy, Alchemists, Occultism, Occultists, Emblems, Symbolism
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Emblema XXI. Fac ex mare & fœmina circulum, inde quadrangulum, hinc triangulum, fac circulum & habebis lap. Philosophorum.
- Emblem 21. Make of the man and woman a circle, of that a quadrangle, of this a triangle, of the same a circle and you will have the stone of the Philosophers.
- Part of Atalanta Fugiens
- 1618
- Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
- Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
- Printer Galler, Hieronymus
- Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
- Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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Alchemical laboratory
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
This 17th-century engraving is from Thomas Norton's The Ordinall of Alchimy and was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library). Norton, a practicing alchemist, depicts an…
- Author Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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Alchemical master and disciple
- Part of Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- 1652 (MDCLII)
This 17th-century engraving is from Thomas Norton's The Ordinall of Alchimy and was made after a 15th-century illuminated manuscript (now preserved in the British Library). Norton, a practicing alchemist, depicts the…
- Author Norton, Thomas, active 1477
- Creator Of Work Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
- Engraver Vaughan, Robert, 1597-1663
- Printer Grismond, John
- Subject Alchemy
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Isaac Newton's copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] Stone
- Praeparatio Mercurii ad Lapidem per Regulu/am ♂ [Martis] ✱tum [Stellatum] et Lunam, ex MSS. Phi Americani
- After 1670 – before 1678
…manuscript—"On the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] stone by means of the stellate regulus of Mars [i.e. iron] and Luna [i.e. silver] from the Manuscripts of the American Philosopher"—was first published in Latin in 1678 under the title Experimenta…
- Author Starkey, George, 1627-1665
- Creator Of Work Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
- Subject Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, Starkey, George, 1627-1665, Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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A Table of Chymicall & Philosophicall Charecters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chymicall Authors both Printed & Manuscript
- A Table of Chemical & Philosophical Characters with their Significations as they are Usually Found in Chemical Authors both Printed and Manuscript
- 1671
Table of alchemical symbols from The last will and testament of Basil Valentine, monke of the Order of St. Bennet. These and other symbols are common throughout alchemical literature and were used to denote some…
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Subject Chemistry--Nomenclature, Alchemy, Chemistry--Abbreviations
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II. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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III. Clavis
- Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IV. Clavis
- Fourth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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IX. Clavis
- Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum
- 1678
Bound volume contains a compilation of earlier famous alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus). Also…
- Author Philaletha, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius
- Engraver Merian, M.
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Apud Hermannum a Sande, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius, Merian, M., Philaletha, Alchemy
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Prima Clavis
- First Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VI. Clavis
- Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VII. Clavis
- Seventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
Bound volume contains a collection of alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus).
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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VIII. Clavis
- Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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X. Clavis
- Tenth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XI. Clavis
- Eleventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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XII. Clavis
- Twelfth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)
- 1678
- Author Basilius Valentinus
- Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
- Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy