Turba philosophorum congres pythagoricien sur lart d. The first great practitioner was zosimos of panopolis. Notes on the works of the alchemist zosimus of panopolis roger. He is known as the composer of the dionysiaca, an epic tale of the god dionysus, and of the metabole, a paraphrase. Zosimos of panopolis was an egyptianborn greek alchemist and gnostic mystic who lived at.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Zosimos of panopolis egyptian alchemist britannica. The page was captured multiple times on the wayback machine at, but it does not appear that the pdf was captured properly. Li estis naskita en panopolis, nuntempo akhmim en sud egiptujo, kaj prosperis c. Memoires authentiques, les alchimistes grecs, tome iv, 1re partie paris. Michele mertens graecoegyptian alchemy in byzantium orbi.
He wrote the oldest known books on alchemy, of which quotations in the greek language and translations into syriac or arabic are known. He is one of about 40 authors represented in a compendium of alchemical writings that was probably put together in byzantium constantinople in the 7th or 8th century ad and that exists in. Zosimuss passage on the relevation of alchemy as preserved by the syriac manuscript mm. Its position is built on the thorough and famous dutch academic tradition. That he came from panopolis, in the thebaid upper egypt, is known from the extant texts, as well as from two of the three nonalchemical authors. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Les alchimistes grecs, band 4, teil 1, les belles lettres, paris 1995. Traduzioni di arabo inglese il libro delle chiavi del lavoro kitab mafatih assana e the book of pictures mushaf assuwar sono stati pubblicati da th. Isbn 0192805991 zosimos of panopolis egyptian alchemist. Panopolis article about panopolis by the free dictionary. He was a native of panopolis in the egyptian thebaid and probably lived at the end of the 4th or in the 5th century ad. He was born in panopolis, present day akhmim in the south of egypt, and flourished ca.
He was a methodical researcher and was particularly interested in the action of vapours on solids. Zosimus appears to be the earliest genuine historcal figure mentioned as an author in the greek alchemical texts. Zosimus, alchemist mertens major reference works wiley. Other articles where zosimos of panopolis is discussed. Zosimos of panopolis project gutenberg selfpublishing. Zosimos aus panopolis war ein antiker griechischer alchemist. Zosimus the alchemist was a greek 1 2 alchemist and gnostic mystic from the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century ad. He wrote the oldest known books on alchemy, of which quotations in the. Authors around the world contribute to mnemosyne which results in a unique and special combination of european and american visions. He was one among many, but some of his work has survived, whereas that of his rivals, or colleagues, has not. Zosimos of panopolis esotericism religious belief and doctrine. Revue des conferences, n3 15e annee mars 1951 cealex. Zosimus the alchemist was a greek alchemist and gnostic mystic who lived at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century ad. Loeb classical library, harvard university press 1968.
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