07-03-2022, 09:14 AM
The arabic alchemy does have quite a few familiar looking symbols..
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That one is found in many sources. I found it here You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
There are also other similarities. Also this has some quite familiar forms.. Member details
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07-03-2022, 05:33 PM
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The connected dot triangle symbol in the bottom left of fRos is similar to the alchemical symbol for Aqua Vitae. However can't find an old source for that symbol.
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A simple observation: On You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. similar processes seem to take place ( from the blue "canopy" / blue liquid to the green "pool" / green liquid ). Can this be coincidence ?
The depiction of processes in the margins of folios is not uncommon (see You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). I would speculate in the VMS (Quire 13) on the production of aqua vitae (quinta essentia). Member details
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12-06-2023, 08:03 PM
In a "Pseudepigraphe Rasis-Schriften" I found the following entry (translated from German):
Quote:"Of a short doctrinal writing entitled Flores Secretorum de regimine quatuor naturarum, four manuscripts are shown in the Cambridge libraries in Catalogue SINGER, Vol. I, p. IOS under No. I IS. I cannot give any information about the contents, as I do not have photocopies."I would like to know more about "Flores secretorum" in Alchemical Tracts. Unfortunately I could not find the Catalouge SINGER online. The only chapter under this heading is here: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 099, Alchemical Tracts Chapter "Flores secretorum" ( Secret flowers ) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Has anyone ever heard of this subject and can provide details ( sources, translations, etc. ) ?  Member details
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Three more Cambridge mss :
Cambridge Trinity College MS O.7.35: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Cambridge University Library 1256 (Ff.4.13) You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Cambridge Gonville and Caius College MS 181 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. The Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland dating from before the XVI Century - not available online either it seems.  Member details
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12-06-2023, 08:40 PM
Hi Matthias,
I never heard of that work. In MS 099, it starts at p.13 and ends at p.15. Googling the first words gives a few results: "scito fili quod sapientes" They all appear to be catalogues, so I doubt that the text has ever been published. Member details
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Cambridge Trinity College MS O.7.35:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Flores Rasis libro 3°, folio 119 - 123 Although the text is ok, I have a hard time reading it. Can someone kindly briefly summarize what it is about ? Is it really about "secret" plants ? edit: Sorry Marco, I just read your post now. |
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