The rosary of the philosophers : rosarium philosophorum

By:

Smith, Patrick J., transl

Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Alchemical studies series)Edition: 1st edDescription: 126p.; ill.; notesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1558184228

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Abstract: 'Fergusoson, in his Bibliotheca Chemica, vol. II, pg. 287, wrote: "The 'Rosarium Philosophorum' describes the preparation of the 'stone' in a series of chapters or sections, each having a symbolic picture, most of them accompanied by explanatory verses in German, and illustrated by parallel passages from the leading authorities, so that the whole forms a 'Rosary' of selected blossoms. It was a favorite work, and copies in manuscript are not uncommon, sometimes with the pictures colored...' --P. 118.

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'Fergusoson, in his Bibliotheca Chemica, vol. II, pg. 287, wrote: "The 'Rosarium Philosophorum' describes the preparation of the 'stone' in a series of chapters or sections, each having a symbolic picture, most of them accompanied by explanatory verses in German, and illustrated by parallel passages from the leading authorities, so that the whole forms a 'Rosary' of selected blossoms. It was a favorite work, and copies in manuscript are not uncommon, sometimes with the pictures colored...' --P. 118.

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