Albertus Magnus, ? 1193-1280 (philosopher and theologian)
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Dates
- Existence: ? 1193 - 1280
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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Various treatises on subjects connected with alchemy and the philosopher's stone, Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.04.45
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘Arnaldus de Nova Villa’, beginning ‘[M]ateria lapidis est res vilis pretii ubicunque reperitur que est aqua viscosa ...’; (2) ‘Declaratio lapidis philosophorum per Avicennam filio suo’, with a colophon supplying ‘Explicit archanum Avicenne de philosophorum lapide’; (3) anonymous text beginning ‘Hic incipit tractatus optimus in quo exponit et apte declarat Plinius philosophus quis sit lapis philosophicus’; (4) text ‘Per Albertum’, beginning ‘Aqua mercurius et oleum sulphuris’; (5) a...
Dates:
Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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