Splendor Solis: With Its Figures Wherein Are Described All the Annunctiatory Signs of the Stone of the Philosophers

Salomon Trismosin

ISBN 10: 155818421X / ISBN 13: 9781558184213

Published by Holmes Pub Group Llc, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Splendor Solis: With Its Figures Wherein Are Described All the Annunctiatory Signs of the Stone of the Philosophers
• Publisher: Holmes Pub Group Llc
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155818421X
• ISBN 13: 9781558184213
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.07 kilograms

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Synopsis

Alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin, adept and teacher of Paracelsus, including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British Museum, with introduction, elucidation of the paintings, aiding the interpretation of their occult meaning, Trismosin's autobiographical account of his travels in search of the Philosopher's Stone, a summary of his alchemical process called "The Red Lion" and explanatory notes.