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  86 items
  Manuscripts, Rare books

  Ars brevis and Ars abbreviata praedicandi, versio latinus II

  • Circa 1490 – 1550 ((Ars Brevis))
  • Circa 1490 – 1520 (Ars abbreviata praedicanda)

  This manuscript includes two texts by notable Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic of the High Middle Ages, Ramon Llull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), Ars brevis, and Ars abbreviata praedicandi.
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  • Author Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
  • Subject Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Alchemy, Alchemy--Religious aspects, Occultism, Preaching--Middle Ages, Preaching, Manuscripts
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  192 items
  Manuscripts, Rare books

  Various works including Lucidarium artis transmutationis metallorum, extracts from the Sommeta and Violetta, and Epistola

  • Transmutation de' mettali

  • 1557

  A collection of alchemical texts by Christophorus (or sometimes in this manuscript “Christofalus”) Parisiensis. Despite his name, Christophorus Parisiensis (Christopher of Paris) was likely Italian, possibly from…

  • Author Christopher, of Paris, active 15th century
  • Subject Christopher, of Paris, active 15th century, Alchemy, Transmutation (Chemistry), Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Alchemists
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  2 items
  Portraits, Woodcuts

  Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus

  • 1567

  This "Rosicrucian" woodcut portrait of the Swiss-German physician and alchemist Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus—better known as Paracelsus—appeared as the frontispiece to a posthumous 1567 edition of his works titled Ph…

  • Subject Alchemists, Elixir of life, Paracelsus, 1493-1541
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  Rare books

  Della Theriaca et del Mithridato Libri Due

  • 1572

  Maranta of Venosa's work on antidotes to poisons. Only engraved title page has been digitized at this time.

  • Author Maranta, Bartolomeo, -1571
  • Publisher Marcantonio Olmo
  • Subject Toxicology