The Golden Fleece

14. Treatise on the Salt of the Wise.
15. New Testament. original: "Nouum testamentum"; in an alchemical context, this usually refers to a foundational text (often attributed to Raymund Lull) rather than the biblical New Testament.
16. On the Philosophical Lead. Philosophical Lead: Not ordinary lead (plumbum), but a specific substance or state of matter—often associated with Saturn—believed to be the "seed" or starting point of the Great Work.
17. Avicenna’s seven rules from which the Philosopher’s Stone is composed. Avicenna (Ibn Sina, c. 980–1037) was a Persian polymath. Although he was skeptical of some alchemical claims, many Latin treatises on the Stone were attributed to him in the Middle Ages.
18. Table of the Greater Science.
19. A most beautiful treatise on the Quintessence. Quinta Essentia: The "Fifth Essence" or quintessence; the purest, most spiritualized form of matter that was thought to be the life force of the universe.
20. The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, father of Philosophers. The "Tabula Smaragdina" is a legendary cryptic text said to contain the secret of the "one substance." It is the source of the famous maxim "As above, so below."

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