Alchemical books and treatises, among them illuminated manuscripts, emblem books and short revered texts that describe the great work through allegory, image and recipe. They were copied, printed and studied across the Islamic and Latin worlds. They were valued for their images as much as for their words, and generations of readers have interpreted their pictures as spiritual allegory as well as chemical instruction. Members placed here so far include The Emerald Tablet, Aurora Consurgens, Mutus Liber (The Silent Book), Splendor Solis, Rosarium Philosophorum.
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Emerald Tablet (Wikipedia)
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The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE-chiefly the Secret of Creation (Arabic: سر الخليقة, romanized: Sirr al-Khalīqa) and the Secret of Secrets (سرّ الأسرار, Sirr al-Asrār).
Aurora consurgens (Wikipedia)
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The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.
Mutus Liber (Wikipedia)
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It ranks amongst the major books on alchemy in Early Modern literature, just as much as does Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier.
Splendor Solis (Wikipedia)
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Splendor Solis (English: "The Splendour of the Sun") is a version of the illuminated alchemical text attributed to Salomon Trismosin.
Rosary of the Philosophers (Wikipedia)
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The Rosary of the Philosophers (Rosarium philosophorum sive pretiosissimum donum Dei) is a 16th-century alchemical treatise.
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