Searcher > 04-09-2017, 08:20 PM
bi3mw > 04-09-2017, 10:54 PM
MarcoP > 05-09-2017, 07:29 AM
(04-09-2017, 08:20 PM)Searcher Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Actually, many comparisons lead me to the "Philosophia reformata" emblems of Mylius, [...]. It is too late for the VMs, so I'm very interested to find earlier sources, which could be sources for Mylius and for Maier, for example. Some my comparisons relate to illustrations of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
(18-03-2017, 05:06 PM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This thread is one example where the 'Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit' comes up as an interesting work for comparison. This has happened many times over the years, usually because of its illustrations. In this case it was because of elements of its text.
As far as alchemical books are concerned, the vast majority postdate the Voynich MS. This one does not. It is basically contemporary, so looking at it makes a lot of sense. In my opinion, of course.
Searcher > 05-09-2017, 08:46 AM
Koen G > 05-09-2017, 09:02 AM
bi3mw > 08-09-2017, 06:53 PM
(04-09-2017, 08:20 PM)Searcher Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.... It is too late for the VMs, so I'm very interested to find earlier sources ...
Quote:"..... In Bibliotheca chemica : a catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books published in London in 1906, John Ferguson, a Scottish chemist and bibliographer argued that it is likely that Hermann Fichtuld the founder of the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross was right in believing that the author of Clavis Artis is Abrahami Eleazaris. However, he is a fictitious author of an ancient work on alchemy published in Leipsic in 1760, bearing the title "R. Abrahami Eleazaris Uraltes Chymisches Werk." The real author seems to have been Julius Gervasius of Schwarzburg, whose name is given as the editor on the title-page of the first part.Nevertheless, the image of a man in the vestments of a rabbi who is engraved on the cover page of the book of Abraham Eleazar is very similar to that of Zoroaster. There are also some other similarities among the illustrations of the two books. ...."
Quote:Nicolas Flamel, Chymische Werke, Wien 1751, page [35]23You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
"... Abraham der Jude, ein Fürst, Priester und Levite, Astrologe und Philosoph wünscht den durch den Zorn Gottes hin und her in Frankreich zertreuten Juden Glück und Heil ..."
Searcher > 08-09-2017, 07:09 PM
Quote:I'll try to open another path, starting from Clavis Artis.This is not a mistake, 1378 is the claimed birth date of Christian Rosencreuz, an amusing trick with dates.
The author of Clavis Artis is unknown. He claims that the German translation is based on an Arabic text from the year 1236. Bruno Nardini dates the Clavis Artis in the 17th century. The year 1738 is given in the printed Jena version of the work. The date 1378 in the title page is probably a print error. The seal in the title page clearly points to a rosicrucian provenance: "J.V.S.F.R.O" stands for "J.V.S Frater Rosae[crucis] Ordinis.
Koen G > 08-09-2017, 08:29 PM
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