The Golden Fleece

The following text is a transcription of mirrored ink transfer from an adjacent page, representing a list of classic alchemical authorities.

14. Also, a treatise by King Calid and Geber. original: "Calid regis et Geberis." Calid refers to Khalid ibn Yazid, a legendary Umayyad prince credited with bringing alchemy to the Islamic world; Geber refers to Jabir ibn Hayyan, the "father of chemistry."
15. New Testament. original: "Novum testamentum"; in alchemy, this usually refers to a specific treatise on the renewal of matter, often attributed to Raymund Lull, rather than the Bible.
16. Names of the Philosophers.
17. Avicenna’s rules from which the Philosophers' Stone is composed. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) was a famous Persian polymath; many medieval alchemical works were attributed to him to grant them authority.
18. Table of the Ancient Science. original: "Tabula scientiae senioris"; likely referring to the "Senior" Zadith (Ibn Umail), a 10th-century alchemist.
19. A most beautiful treatise on the Summa Enchyria. Summa Enchyria: From the Greek "enkheiridion," meaning a handbook or manual; it refers to the practical, hands-on operations of the laboratory.
20. The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, father of Philosophers. The "Tabula Smaragdina" is the most famous foundational text of alchemy, containing the phrase "As above, so below."

N O T E .

Regarding this first and threefold Matter Materia: The primordial "First Matter" or Prima Materia, the chaotic starting substance required to begin the alchemical transformation. and the third Tincture Tincture: A potent liquid or medicinal essence capable of transmuting base metals into gold or silver. there is (as first mentioned in the Catalog) not only instructional theory?; there is also one or many varieties?, Arts, and trials of Gold, as well as in writings? which originate from the Spirit of Gold.