Laura Gibbs on From the Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure Garden of 1625. See this blog post for more info.Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Library p. 242You will also find this image at the Dress Like an Alchemist Flickr album.
Laura Gibbs on From the Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure Garden of 1625. See this blog post for more info.Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Library p. 210You will also find this image at the Dress Like an Alchemist Flickr album.
Laura Gibbs on From the Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure Garden of 1625. See this blog post for more info.Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Library p. 174You will also find this image at the Dress Like an Alchemist Flickr album.
Laura Gibbs on Title: Hermetico-Spagyrisches Lustgärtlein = Hermetico-Spagyrical Pleasure GardenAuthor: Lucas Jennis, engraver (Wikipedia) and Johann Grasshoff (Wikipedia)Edition: 1625Online Source: Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August LibraryHere is the link for this particular image: page 113; see also this page at the Hathi Trust (badly damaged).I've added this to the Dress Like an Alchemist Flickr album.Detail:
Laura Gibbs on I had fun with #dda34 Generative Meme Narrative using a unicorn cat from cheezburger, and the great Trump generator that Kevin Hodgson shared!This daily create prompt was inspired by Kafka's Metamorphosis.~ ~ ~
Laura Gibbs on Here's another quote from the Tabula Smaragdina, which has a great Wikipedia article containing the Latin text plus two English translations... including Isaac Newton's translation! This passage continues to discuss the "unum," the one thing, and it recalls an emblem we saw earlier in Atalanta Fugiens:Nutrix eius terra est.Isaac Newton: The earth is its nurse.Theatrum Chemicum: Its nurse is the earth.(from Atalanta Fugiens)I added this to the Latin Alchemy Flickr album too. :-)~ ~ ~TABULA SMARAGDINA(Latin text via Wikipedia from Chrysogonus Polydorus, Nuremberg 1541):Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum:Quod est […]
Laura Gibbs on Here's another quote from the Tabula Smaragdina, which has a great Wikipedia article containing the Latin text plus two English translations... including Isaac Newton's translation! This passage continues to discuss the "unum," the one thing, and it recalls an emblem we saw earlier in Atalanta Fugiens:Portavit illud Ventus in ventre suo.Isaac Newton: The wind hath carried it in its belly.Theatrum Chemicum: The wind bore it in the womb.(from Atalanta Fugiens)I added this to the Latin Alchemy Flickr album too. :-)~ ~ ~TABULA SMARAGDINA(Latin text via Wikipedia from Chrysogonus […]
Laura Gibbs on Here's another quote from the Tabula Smaragdina, which has a great Wikipedia article containing the Latin text plus two English translations... including Isaac Newton's translation! In this passge, the Tabula discusses the res una, the "one thing," and where that res una comes from: Pater eius est Sol. Mater eius est Luna. Isaac Newton: The Sun is its father, the moon its mother. Theatrum Chemicum: The father of it is the sun, the mother the moon. (Wikimedia: Nuremberg Chronicles) I added this […]
Laura Gibbs on Here's another quote from the Tabula Smaragdina, which has a great Wikipedia article containing the Latin text plus two English translations... including Isaac Newton's translation!In this passge, the Tabula discusses the res una, the "one thing," and where that res una comes from:Pater eius est Sol. Mater eius est Luna.Isaac Newton: The Sun is its father, the moon its mother.Theatrum Chemicum: The father of it is the sun, the mother the moon.(Wikimedia: Nuremberg Chronicles)I added this to the Latin Alchemy Flickr album too. :-)~ […]
Laura Gibbs on I am so grateful to Alan and Mia for prompting me to take up a new Latin project (something I honestly thought I was never going to do again), but this Latin alchemy thing has totally captivated me... and eventually it is going to turn into a Latin Alchemy Reader for Latin students and teachers (let's say before I turn 60 years old ha ha). As part of the #NetNarr adventure, instead of using the daily creates from the class […]
Laura Gibbs on Title: Symbolorum et Emblematum Centuriae Quatuor = 400 Symbols and EmblemsAuthor: Joachim Camerarius (Wikipedia)Edition: 1668Online Source: Hathi TrustThese are not alchemy books, but they are emblem books from the natural world, and as such you will see a lot of overlap in the symbolic and emblematic language. Camerarius published four books of emblems — plants, animals, birds, and reptiles — 100 emblems in each book, with each emblem accompanied by a Latin distich along with an essay in Latin. Later, these four […]
Laura Gibbs on Since I mentioned A. E. Waite in the Twitter chat last night, I thought I would include a list of his books for the Library entry today. His books are in the public domain and they give a great perspective on the re-discovery of alchemy in the 19th and early 20th century by people interested in the mystical, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of alchemy. Some other time I'll check to see if there are other works of his online that […]
Laura Gibbs on After the wonderful chat this evening (thank you, Alan and Mia!), I wanted to share a quote from Alchemy by E. J. Holmyard, which is an excellent book for people interested in the history of alchemy (I read the Kindle, which was $9.99, and there are even cheaper used copies for sale). Holmyard is mostly interested in alchemy as a precursor of modern science, but he is very sympathetic to its spiritual and cultural dimensions also. Anyway, I thought this […]
Laura Gibbs on Title: Splendor Solis: Alchemical Treatises of Solomon TrismosinAuthor: "J. K." (see Wikipedia for more on Splendor Solis)Edition: 1920Online Source: Hathi TrustOnline Source: British Museum (for an illuminated ms. in color)We are very fortunate that there is a convenient English edition of Splendor Solis that you can read online, while being able to see a beautiful German manuscript version with colored paintings. Here is what Wikipedia says about the book:The author of the manuscript was considered to be a legendary Salomon Trismosin, allegedly the […]
Laura Gibbs on Title: The “Ingendred” Stone: The Ripley Scrolls and the Generative Science of AlchemyAuthor: Aaron KitchEdition: Huntington Library Quarterly, Volume 78, number 1, 2015.Online Source: Kitch at BowdoinWhen trying to figure out what was happening with the zodiac woman in the Aurora Consurgens yesterday, I came across this wonderful article online that I think might be of interest to people in #NetNarr for the gender/generation theme and for the beautiful art. Here is the abstract:Acquired at auction in 1958 from the library […]
