Begins with half a page in Latin on Hermes Trismegistus. Followed by English notes on the alchemical interpretation of ancient myths, then (ff. 1r-3r) Latin notes on a wide range of alchemical authors and myths, including references to Albertus Magnus, Flamel, the Rosicrucians, Lull and Geber. f. 2r has a diagram of a 'philosophical tree' taken from 'Anonymus Philosophicus Delphicus'. f. 3r has the subheading 'Aurum quot modis crescit & purgatur'. Concludes on f. 5r with 'Symbola 12 Sapientum': a list of the twelve sages who attend Maier's 'Banquet' together with their alchemical mottoes: they are Hermes [Trismegistus], Maria [the Jewess], Democritus, Morienus, Avicenna, Albertus Magnus, Arnoldus [de Villanova], Thomas Aquinas, Raim[undus] Lullius, 'Rocher [i.e. Roger] Bacon', Melchior [Cibinensis] and 'Anonymus Sarmata'.
View Catalog: ALCH00018
Catalog Name | ALCH00018 | |
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Document | Keynes MS 29 | |
Title | Hermes (Graecis dictus i. e interpres Dei & naturae apud homines | |
Subtitle | ||
Author | Isaac Newton | |
Place of Origin | no place assigned | |
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Repository | King's College | |
Pages | 9 | |
Wordcount | 5,000 | |
Language | Latin;English; |
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See Dobbs, Foundations, 131.