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De Alchemia
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De Alchemia is an early collection of alchemical writings first published by Johannes Petreius in Nuremberg in 1541. A second edition was published i
The full title reads: De Alchemia. Opuscula complura veterum philosophorum. Among the texts are the important alchemical works the Rosarium P
Pseudo-Geber; and the Tabula Smaragdina of Hermes Trismegistus.
The Rosarium Philosophorum is itself an alchemical collection, taking the form of a (florilegium), or a collection of citations of earlier alchemical authori
includes verses explaining the preparation of the Philosopher's stone accompanied by allegorical illustrations, which depict, for example, the union of t
from the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century (some even date it to the sixteenth century).[2]
In the 1541 edition, Petraeus called for the printing of further alchemical texts. This started a period of publishing alchemical collections in large numbe
culminating in the Theatrum Chemicum.
Contents
1 Contents of 1541 Edition

2 Contents of 1550 Edition
3 References
4 External links
5 Bibliography
Contents of 1541 Edition

Geber (Pseudo-Geber). De investigatione perfectionis metallorum, Liber I.
Geber. Summæ perfectionis metallorum, sive perfecti magisterij, Libri II.
Geber. De inventione veritatis seu perfectionis metallorum. Liber I.
Geber. De fornacibus construendis. Liber I.
(Roger Bacon). Speculum alchemi, Rogerij Bachonis.
(Richardus Anglicus). Correctorium alchemiæ Richardi Anglici.
Rosarius minor, de alchemia, incerti authoris [3]
(Khalid ibn Yazid). Liber secretorum alchemiæ Calidis filij Iazichi Iudæi.
(Hermes Trimegistus). Tabula smaragdina de alchemia
(Ortulanus). Hortulani philosophi, super Tabulam smaragdinam Hermetis commentarius.
Contents of 1550 Edition
Part 1:
Correctio Fatuorum.
Clangor Buccinæ.
Semita Semitæ.[4]
(Pseudo-Avicenna). De tinctura metallorum.
(Pseudo-Lull). Compendium animæ transmutationis.
Scala Philosophorum.
Opus mulierum, Tractatulus, sive ludus puerorum.
(Pseudo-Lull). De Tincturis compendium, seu Vade Mecum.
(Pseudo-Aristotle). Tractatulus de Practica lapidis Philosophici.
Part 2:
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Rosarium Philosophorum
References
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/De_Alchemia 1/25
1. ^ Joachim Telle: Rosarium philosophorum, Verfasserlexikon, Band 8, 1992, Sp. 172-176
2. ^ Alchemy Website, Woodcut from the Rosarium; Universitätsbibliothek Glasgow, Illustrationen aus einer Handschrift der Bibliothek von Ferguson; Joachim Telle, ed. Rosarium philosop
A facsimile of the 1550 edition
3. ^ Nicht mit dem Rosarium Philosophorum identisch. Als von einem unbekannten Autor bezeichnet.
4. ^ Sometimes ascribed to Arnaldus de Villa Nova
External links
De Alchimia Opuscula Complura Veterum Philosophorum vol 1 digitized 2014 from the Bavarian State Library
De Alchimia Opuscula Complura Veterum Philosophorum vol 1 digitized 2007 from the Complutense University of Madrid
De Alchimia Opuscula Complura Veterum Philosophorum vol 1 digitized 2014 from the Lyon Public Library
Bibliography
Ferguson, John. Bibliotheca Chemica, vol. 1. Glasgow, 1906.
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Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, a famous illuminated manuscript, is on view to both the public and to scholars only in the form of a high-
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Azoth [videos]
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an …
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Frontispiece to Thomas Willis' 1663 book "Diatribae duae medico-philosophicae - quarum prior agit de fermentatione", a treatise on fermentation
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Magnum opus (alchemy) [videos]

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Classical element [videos]
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Segment of the macrocosm showing the elemental spheres of terra (earth), aqua (water), aer (air), and ignis (fire), Robert Fludd, 1617
Alchemical symbol [videos]

Alchemical symbols, originally devised as part of alchemy, were used to denote some elements and some compounds until the 18th century. Although notation like this was
According …
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Cleopatra the Alchemist [videos]

Cleopatra the Alchemist who likely lived during the 3rd century A.D. was a Macedonian Egyptian alchemist, author, and philosopher. She experimented with practical alche
to be …
Imaginative depiction of Cleopatra the Alchemist from Mylius' 1618 Basilica philosophica "Seals of the Philosophers".
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Johannes Petreius [videos]
Johann Petreius was a German printer in Nuremberg. — Life — He studied at the University of Basel, receiving the Master of Arts in 1517. Two years later, he worked as a
Johannes Petreius
Solution [videos]
In chemistry, a solution is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. The term aqueous solution is when one of the solvents is water. In
solution …
Making a saline water solution by dissolving table salt (NaCl) in water. The salt is the solute and the water the solvent.
Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam [videos]

Alchemy and chemistry in Islam refers to the study of both traditional alchemy and early practical chemistry by scholars in the medieval Islamic world. The word alchemy w
Ibn Umail describes a statue of a sage holding the tablet of ancient alchemical knowledge. Illustration from a transcript of Muhammed ibn Umail
al-Tamimi's book Al-mâ' al-waraqî (The Silvery Water), Islamic miniature probably from Baghdad, 608H/1211.
CONTEXT INFO
Pseudo-Geber [videos]
Pseudo-Geber refers to a corpus of Latin — alchemical writing dated to the late 13th and early 14th centuries, attributed to Geber —, an early alchemist of the Islamic Gold
Geberis philosophi perspicacissimi, summa perfectionis magisterii, 1542
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