Chemical Library

CHEMICAL WORKS

Adalmos, from Plato. Alchemical texts often attributed ancient philosophical authority to legendary figures like Adalmos through the lens of Plato.
Adam, from the illustrated Rosary. original: "Rosario figurato." This refers to the Rosarium Philosophorum, a famous 16th-century alchemical treatise known for its symbolic woodcut illustrations.
The Son of Adam, is listed in the Crowd. original: "turba." Refers to the Turba Philosophorum (The Assembly of the Philosophers), one of the earliest and most influential Latin alchemical texts, written as a transcript of a fictional gathering of philosophers.
Adarmath, from Morienus. Morienus was a legendary 7th-century hermit and alchemist said to have taught the secrets of the art to the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid.
Ademarus, on Geber. Geber is the Latinized name of Jabir ibn Hayyan, the foundational figure of Islamic alchemy.
Adfar, cited in the works of Artephius. Adfar of Alexandria was the legendary teacher of Morienus.
Adomat, from the third book of the Anonymous author. He is a Chemist.
The Address of the Wandering to Plato, according to Trevisan. original: "Adreſſe des Errans de Platon." A French alchemical title. "Trevisan" refers to Bernard of Trevisan, a 15th-century Italian alchemist.
Cardinal Adrian, See Dastin. John Dastin was an influential 14th-century English alchemist who wrote famous letters to Pope John XXII and Cardinal Adrian.
Adros the Arab.
Adrox (perhaps Adrop) of the Philosophers. In German. term: Adrop refers to the "Philosophical Lead" or the raw material of the Great Work.
Egidius de Vadis, Dialogue between Nature and the Son of Art.
By the same author, a table of various metals, in the Chemical Theater. original: "Theatro Chemico." This was a massive multi-volume compendium of alchemical writings published in the early 17th century.
The same is found with the treatise by Penotus on Hidden Chemical Matters, Frankfurt Edition, 1595, octavo. Bernard Georges Penot was a French physician and alchemist; "octavo" refers to the book's size, created by folding a printed sheet three times to form eight leaves.
B. Egidius the Hermit.
Egidius, Master of the Hospital, who wrote a book on 125 (perhaps it should read only 12) stones; according to the illustrated Rosary, he is a Chemist. Others separate these names and read Egidius and the Master of the Hospital as two different people.
Aegistus, cited in the Dismissed Word by Trevisan. original: "Verbo dimiſſo." A reference to Trevisan's work Le Parole Délaissée.
Aelia Laelia Crispis. The Bolognese Epitaph explained by Richard White of Basingstoke. original: "Richardus vitus Bastinstochius." The Aelia Laelia Crispis is a famous, mysterious riddle-epitaph found in Bologna that many alchemists attempted to interpret as a chemical recipe.