Compendium hermeticum

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 240
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15--
  • Language of Material
    • Latin
  • Physical Description
    • Folio. 171 pages. 32.5x19.5 cm. Bd. in vellum

Scope and Content

Compendium hermeticum. [In Latin]. XVIth century.
p1-166 Compendium Hermeticum. Caput primum: Wher die artzneÿ erfunden, Undt woher der Uhralten Medicin zu nehmen.
[Begins]: Die Wahre artzneÿ der Uhralten bestehet allein in der Quinta Essentia Und ist von dem Hermete Trismegisto, qui vixit tempore Moÿsis , erstlich beschrieben und schrifftlich verfasset worden, die wahre artzneÿ kommt allein von Gott, der hatt sie in Trinitate Manifestiert und zu erkennen geben...
[Extracts, notes and recipes from various alchemical authors including Paracelsus, Gerhard Dorn, Lull, Hadrian Mynsicht. In German with short sections, titles, etc. in Latin.]
p167-171 [Index.]

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