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| Yale: Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-15-2024, 07:17 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts
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"Manuscript on paper of the compilation of a physician interested in medicine, alchemy, and herbs. Includes three texts by Krisean z Prachatic, a physician, herbalist, and teacher of Prague University; Albicus, De regimine sanitatis, a treatise on the treatment of paralysis and the plague; Albicus, Regimen for King Wenceslaus of Bohemia (1361-1419); several alphabets of general scientific terms in Latin with Czech and/or German equivalents; Latin names of herbs with Czech and sometimes Polish equivalents; John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie; and hundreds of medical and alchemical recipes."
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/11870152
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| Yale: Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-15-2024, 07:11 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts
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"Manuscript on paper of a pietistic, mystical text in prose and verse, illustrated by a great variety of illustrations cut from manuscripts of smaller dimensions (plus some prints), and pasted in. These illustrations include the "Python" illuminated drawing which has been reproduced in color, a series of "alchemical processes depicted symbolically taking place within flasks", as well as many other pictorial elements drawn from a variety of sources."
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/32367749
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| RSC Advances: Artificial vitriols |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-12-2024, 04:53 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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Artificial vitriols: a contemporary interpretation of historical ingredients[url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2024/RA/D4RA01896F#fn1][/url]
Giacomo Montanari
"Vitriol” is a term that appeared during the Middle-Ages to indicate a wide range of ingredients widely used both in medicinal and alchemical recipes. Green, blue, or white vitriols are easily associated with iron(II), copper(II), and zinc sulphate respectively thanks to the historical sources composed in the time period when the ancient and modern nomenclatures overlapped. However, other colours of vitriols are attested throughout history, such as yellow, red, or black. The identification of these compounds is significantly less straightforward, and often chalked up to Decknamen (code names) or unspecified impure ores. Moreover, from several sources it is apparent that some of these compounds are artificial, or at least the result of technical operations rather than mineral ores used as they are. By thermal manipulation of iron(II) sulphate, we managed to identify several compounds that fit with historical descriptions, which were later characterized through XRPD. Moreover, by using a Kofler bench and variable temperature XRPD, we were able to further investigate the transitions between these phases.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleL...D4RA01896F
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