Musaeum Hermeticum

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rdf:langString Musaeum Hermeticum ("Hermetic library") is a compendium of alchemical texts first published in German, in Frankfurt, 1625 by Lucas Jennis. Additional material was added for the 1678 Latin edition, which in turn was reprinted in 1749. Its purpose was apparently to supply in a compact form a representative collection of relatively brief and less ancient alchemical writings; it could be regarded as a supplement to those large storehouses of Hermetic learning such as the Theatrum Chemicum, or Jean-Jacques Manget's Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa. It seemed to represent a distinctive school in Alchemy, less committed to the past and less obscure than the works of older and more traditional alchemical masters. The full Latin title is: "Musæum Hermeticum, omnes sopho-spagyricæ artis discipulos fidelissime erudiens, quo pacto summa illa veraque Medicina, qua res omne, qualemcumque defectum patientes, instaurari possunt (quæ alias Benedictus Lapis Sapientum appellatur) inveniri ac haberi queat inveniri ac haberi queat. Continens tractatus chymicos novem præatantissimos, quorum nomina et seriem versa pagella indicabit. In gratiam filiorum doctrinæ, quibus Germanicum Idioma ignotum, in Latinum conversum ac juris publici factum.Jennis" The first edition contained: 1. * The Remonstrances of Nature ascribed to Jean de Meung 2. * The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine 3. * Subtle Allegory (Michael Maier) 4. * Three Treatise of Philalethes 5. * The Book of Alze 6. * Open Entrance to the Closed Palace - Philalethes 7. * A Tract of Great Price 8. * The Only True Way 9. * The Testament of Cremer 10. * The Glory of the World 11. * The Waterstone of the Wise 12. * The Golden Tract concerning the Philosopher's Stone The illustrated book contains 445 + 35 pages. The 1678 edition is 863 pages long, and includes: 1. * Aureus tractatus de philosophorum lapide 2. * Aureum seculum redivivum 3. * Hydrolithus sophicus 4. * Aquarium sapientum 5. * Demonstratio naturae, quam errantibus chymicis facit 6. * Via veritatis unicae 7. * Elegans, perutile et praestans opusculum, viam veritatis aperiens 8. * Gloria mundi, aliâs, paradysi tabula 9. * Vera priscae scientiae descriptio 10. * De lapide philosophico tractatus eximius 11. * Lambsprinck nobilis germani philosophi antiqui libellus De lapide philosophico 12. * De lapide philosophico 13. * Tripus Aureus 14. * Tres tractatus chymici selectissimi 15. * Basilii Valentini, benedictini ordinis monachi, Germani, practica una cum 12. clavibus et appendice 16. * Practica cum duodecim clavibus et appendice, de magno lapide antiquorum sapientum 17. * Testamentum cremeri, abbatis westmonasteriensis, angli, ordinis benedictine 18. * Novum lumen chemicum, e naturae fonte et manuali experientia depromptum 19. * Introitus apertus, ad occlusum regis palatium 20. * Subtilis allegoria super secreta chymiae perspicuae utilitatis et iucundae meditationis 21. * Philalethae tractatus tres 22. * Metallorum metamorphosis 23. * Brevis manuductio ad rubinum coelestum 24. * Fons chymicae veritatis 25. * Vitulus aureus