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Artephius Artephius (Artefius) (c. 1150) is a writer to whom a number of alchemical texts are ascribed. Although the roots of the texts are unclear and the identity of their author obscure, at least some of them are Arabic in origin. He is named as the author of several books, the ''Ars sintrillia'', ''Clavis sapientiae'' or ''Clavis maioris sapientiae'', and ''Liber secretus''.〔"At the Crossroads of magic and science: John Dee's Archemastrie" by Nicholas H. Clulee. In: "Occult and Scientific mentalities in the Renaissance" edited by Brian Vickers.〕 ==Confusion over his identity==
Alchemical pseudepigraphy makes it difficult to identify who the historical Artephius may have been. His identity remains an open question. As ''The Secret Book of Artephius'' was respected and mentioned by Roger Bacon many times, Artephius’ writing is dated to around 1150.〔Patai, Raphael. ''The Jewish alchemists: A history and source book.'' Princeton University Press. 1994. p. 143〕 One author, Restoro d'Arezzo, conflated Orpheus with Artephius in his Composizione del Mondo in 1282, where it is noted that Artephius understands the voices of birds.〔Austin, H.D. 1937. "Artephius-Orpheus." ''Speculum'' 12: 251–54.〕 This mistake was due to a translation error, with the Arabic for Orpheus and Artephius being very similar. This transcription error gave us "Artephius", an alchemist without a historical personality.〔Levi della Vida, G. 1938. "Something More about Artefius and His Clavis Sapientiae." Speculum 13: 80–85〕 Artephius has also been misidentified as a Jewish convert,〔Patai , Raphael. ‘‘The Jewish alchemists: A history and source book.’’ Princeton University Press. 1994. p. 142〕 Apollonius of Tyana, Stephanos of Alexandria, Al-Tughrai,〔 and Ibn Umail.〔 The discovery of a 13/14th century copy of ''Clavis Sapientia'' confirms that the text was first written in Arabic by a Muslim author.〔
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