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Paul Ferguson Member 
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Free downloadable .pdf: http://www.tankonyvtar.hu/site/upload/pdf/b46.pdf This is actually a history of chemistry in Hungary but the early chapters deal with alchemy. Lots of illustrations at the end of the text. Hungarian text. NOT a bootleg, as this site is run by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture. |
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adammclean Member 
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Unfortunately, I could not get this to open inside Firefox and thus use Google Translate to try and read it. It could be an interesting summary. |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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adammclean wrote:Unfortunately, I could not get this to open inside Firefox and thus use Google Translate to try and read it. It could be an interesting summary. The historian of science Lászlo Szathmáry (pictured) published the standard work, Magyar Alkémisták (Hungarian Alchemists), in 1928. This was reprinted in 1986: http://www.aukcio.ittvettem.hu/szathmary-laszlo---magyar-alkemistak--reprint-4831931.html Attached Image (viewed 953 times): Last edited on Mon Apr 26th, 2010 06:19 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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adammclean Member
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What a wonderful emblem on that book's cover. It makes me want to buy it to see its source. Attached Image (viewed 1058 times): Last edited on Mon Apr 26th, 2010 07:43 pm by adammclean |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Latin inscription at the bottom says 'Mons Magnesiae'. I think it must be from Lippay's Mons Magnesiae: http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippay_Gy%C3%B6rgy This MS is in the Austrian National Library, MS 11280. Last edited on Mon Apr 26th, 2010 07:08 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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adammclean Member
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I suppose this is the Mons Magnesiae Quo Ex Obscurum sed verum et Subjectum Philosophorum effonditur Express denominatur in the National Library of Austria in Vienna. I do not know that work. This is something to investigate further. Last edited on Mon Apr 26th, 2010 07:04 pm by adammclean |
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adammclean Member
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According to the Austrian National Library catalogue this is a manuscript of 20 leaves with an illuminated title page. I must try and get a copy of that image. |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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adammclean wrote:I suppose this is the See here: http://books.google.com/books?id=1QXiWBGboHMC&pg=PA379&dq=%22lippay%22+mons&hl=en&ei=0NjVS4fBDYjb-Qb6y-SUDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22lippay%22%20mons&f=false including footnote 86. I wonder if it was his 'insignificant artist-nephew' who painted the emblem? Attached Image (viewed 1099 times): Last edited on Tue Apr 27th, 2010 04:05 am by Paul Ferguson |
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adammclean Member
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The emblem is, of course, based on the engraving for Maria the Jewess from Maier Symbola aurea mensae, Franckfurt, 1617. Last edited on Tue Apr 27th, 2010 09:35 am by adammclean |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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adammclean wrote:The emblem is, of course, based on the engraving for Maria the Jewess from Maier Symbola aurea mensae, Franckfurt, 1617. This one. Interestingly, Lippay's grave has just been discovered (Juraj is the Slovakian form of György): “Only a few weeks ago we managed to find his grave and to definitely identify the remains as Peter Pázmány who lived from 1570 to 1637,” the spokesman said, adding that the church also now knows that Archbishop Juraj Lippay is buried next to Pázmány. http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/38103/8/archbishops_grave_discovered.html Attached Image (viewed 995 times): |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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This may not be of any relevance at all, but it would seem that Mount Sipylus in Turkey is also known as 'Mons Magnesiae': http://books.google.com/books?id=J52L2JmI9YIC&pg=PA269&lpg=PA269&dq=%22mons+magnesiae%22&source=bl&ots=I5RN6kSJZ6&sig=LGD5yc9Afv-PYO13Aqa4Is299xA&hl=en&ei=j__WS8HUFZKrsAbm5MmJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22mons%20magnesiae%22&f=false http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sipylus Last edited on Tue Apr 27th, 2010 04:16 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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