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Author: Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
Title: The mirror of alchimy, composed by the thrice-famous and learned fryer, Roger Bachon, sometimes fellow of Martin Colledge: and afterwards of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde. Also a most excellent and learned discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of art and nature, written by the same author. With certaine other treatises of the like argument
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Print source: The mirror of alchimy, composed by the thrice-famous and learned fryer, Roger Bachon, sometimes fellow of Martin Colledge: and afterwards of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde. Also a most excellent and learned discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of art and nature, written by the same author. With certaine other treatises of the like argument
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294., Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. De secretis operibus artis et naturae. English. aut, Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent., Simon, of Cologne, d. 1442?.
London: Printed [by Thomas Creede] for Richard Oliue, 1597.
Alternate titles: Speculum alchemiae. English
Subject terms:
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
Technology -- Early works to 1800.
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The Preface.
The Mirrour of Alchi∣my, composed by the famous Fryer, Roger Bachon, sometime fellow of Martin Colledge, and Brasen∣nose Colledge in Ox∣enforde.
CHAP. I. Of the Definitions of Alchimy.
CHAP. II.
Of the naturall principles, and procreation of Minerals.
Of the nature of Golde.
Of the nature of Siluer.
Of the nature of Steele.
Of the nature of Leade.
Of the nature of Copper.
Of the nature of Iron.
CHAP. III. Out of what things the matter of Elixir must be more nearly extracted.
CHAP. IIII. of the maner of working, and of moderating, and continuing the fire.
CHAP. V. Of the qualitie of the Vessell and Furnace.
CHAP. VI. Of the accident all and essentiall colours appearing in the worke.
CHAP. VII. How to make proiection af the medicine vpon any imperfect booke.
The Smaragdine Table of Hermes, Tris∣megistus of Alchimy.
A briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher, vpon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchimy.
The praier of Hortulanus.
The Preface.
CHAP. I. That the Art of Alchimy is true and certaine.
CHAP. II. That the Stone must be diuided into two parts.
CHAP. III. That the Stone hath in it the foure Elements.
CHAP. IIII. That the Stone hath Father and Mother, to wit, the Sunue and Moone.
CHAP. V. That the coniunction of the parts of the stone is called Conception.
CHAP. VI. That the Stone is perfect, if the Soule be sixt in the bodie.
CHAP. VII. Of the mundification and cleansing of the stone.
CHAP. VIII. That the vnfixed part of the Stone should exceed the fixed, and list it up.
CHAP. IX. How the volatile Stone may againe be fixed.
CHAP X. Of the fruit of the Art, and efficacie of the Stone.
CHAP. XI. That this worke imitateth the Creation of the worlde.
CHAP. XII. An enigmaticall insinuation what the matter of the Stone shoulde be.
CHAP. XIII. VVhy the Stone is said to be perfect.
The Booke of the Se∣crets of Alchimie, composed by Galid the sonne of Iazich, translated out of Hebrew into Arabick, and out of Arabick into Latine, and out of Latin into English.
The Preface of the difficultie of the Art.
CHAP I. Of the foure Masteries, or principall works of the Art, to wit, solution, congelation, albification, and rubification.
CHAP. II. Of the things and instruments necessarie and fit for this worke.
CHAP. III. Of the nature of things appertaining to this worke.
CHAP. IIII. Of Decoction, and the effect thereof.
CHAP. V. Of Subtiliation, Solution, Coagulation, and commistion of the Stone, and of their cause and end.
CHAP. VI. The manner how to fixe the Spirit.
CHAP. VII. Of the Decoction, Contrition, and washing of the stone.
CHAP. VIII. Of the quantitie of the Fire, and of the commo∣ditie and discommoditie of it.
CHAP IX. Of the Separation of the Elements of the Stone.
CHAP. X. Of the nature of the Stone, and his birth.
CHAP. XI. Of the commistion of the Elements that were seperated.
CHAP. XII. Of the solution of the Stone compounded.
CHAP. XIII, Of the coagulation of the Stone dissolued.
CHAP XIIII. That there is but one Stone, and of his nature.
CHAP. XV. The maner how to make the Stone white.
CHAP. XVI. The conuersion of the foresaid Stone into red.
An excellent discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of Art and Nature, written by the famous Frier Roger Bacon, Sometime fellow of Merton Colledge, and afterward of Brasen-nose in Oxford.
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