The Chemical Writings of Brother Basilius Valentinus: The Treatises of Heinrich Eschenreuter

...it has stood as long as before, you will see that it will look like glass, and will appear as a quite dark, transparent red. Keep it in the The original text uses the alchemical symbol for a furnace. until it changes no more; then you have the Tincture of the Sages ready.

The Increase of the Tincture

original: "Augmentum Tincturæ"

Of this Tincture take one part, and of common The original text uses the alchemical symbol for Mercury, or quicksilver. two parts; put it into a melting pot and let them become glowing hot together. Mix them with one another and pour it out; thus you have as much Tincture as both weighed together.

The Fermentation of the Tincture

original: "Fermentatio Tincturæ"

When, in the preparation of the Tincture, you have reached the whiteness The "White" stage (albedo) follows the "Black" stage (nigredo) and precedes the final "Red" stage (rubedo) in the alchemical process., you can then take it out and increase it, just as was done with the red. And if you wish to use one of these Tinctures for tinging tingiren: The process of projecting the tincture onto base metals to transform them into gold or silver., take one part from whichever you wish. To the white Tincture add one part of the purest The original text uses the alchemical symbol for Silver, depicted as a crescent moon. (to one part of the red Tincture you also take one part of The original text uses the alchemical symbol for Gold, a circle with a central dot representing the Sun.) and let each Tincture remain by itself and separately in a clean pot in full The original text uses the alchemical symbols for Fire (an upward-pointing triangle) and a furnace.. Three days later, pour it out into a clean pot that is quite smooth and dry; thus you have pure Tincture. If the Tinctures are not fermented, they cannot perform the tinging; also, from the fermentation the