Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

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If water is fire (as of 1550), then the proposed VMs "fire salamander" is in a pool of green fire - along with several other companions. That must be why mythical Melusine is popping out of her fishy wetsuit.

The editio princeps of the Scala is dated 1550, but the first (lost?) manuscript was probably written in the early 15th century or even a bit earlier, I guess: nobody knows. Known manuscripts are all 15th and 16th century: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

The Cambridge ms. is a good copy, much less corrupted than the 1550 printed edition, where they misread, rewrote or skipped the problematic parts of a bad copy, as usual. There is no critical edition unfortunately.