Chemical Library (1654) - Page 25

CHEMICAL WORKS

...on the Meteors original: "Meteororum." Referring to Aristotle’s Meteorologica, which was the foundational text for medieval theories on the formation of minerals and metals. of Aristotle, from the same source Referring to the bibliography of Giovanni Battista Nazari mentioned on the previous page..
By the same Likely referring to Avicenna (Ibn Sina), whose entry began on the previous page.. Treatise on Minerals, from the same source.
By the same. Ten Chapters on Water, from the same source.
Albubechar A Latinization of Abu Bakr al-Razi (c. 865–925 CE), the Persian physician and alchemist known in the West as Rhazes., according to Nasari, is a chemical author.
Albuezar Likely a variant of Abu Ma'shar., from the same source.
Albugazal Likely the Persian philosopher Al-Ghazali (c. 1058–1111); many alchemical works were falsely attributed to him in the Latin West., teacher of Plato and brother of Benadegid, according to Bernard of Trevisan A famous 15th-century Italian alchemist..
An Epistle to a Certain King by Albumasar Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886 CE), a leading Persian astrologer whose work heavily influenced alchemical thought., manuscript.
By the same. A Very Beautiful Work, according to Nasari.
Alchidonus An alchemical authority often cited in medieval texts, sometimes identified with Alchid Beithar., cited by Alanus Alain de Lille (c. 1128–1202), a French theologian and poet..
The doctrine and certain method of the so-called alchemy and the so-called metallic art, comprised of both new and old writings, in two volumes. Basel, published by Peter Perna A famous Protestant printer in Basel who specialized in medical and alchemical texts., 1572. In the first volume are 8 treatises; in the other, 13.
A Revelation of the Secret Spirit Declaring the Most Secrets of Alchimy. London, 1523, in octavo.
+ The Ingenuity of Modern Alchemists original: "Ingenio de l'Alchimisti moderni," in Italian..
A Commentary on the Art of Alchemy, cited by Nasari.
The Greater Mirror of the Sacred Art of Alchemy, manuscript.
True Alchemy. In German original: "Germanicè.".
Several small works on alchemy by ancient philosophers are contained in this book; 9 treatises. Frankfurt, 1550, in quarto.
On the law of the art of alchemy, by ancient authors...