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De Alchemia is an early collection of alchemical writings first published by Johannes Petreius in Nuremberg in 1541. A second edition was published in Frankfurt in 1550 by the printer Cyriacus Jacobus. The full title reads: ''De Alchemia. Opuscula complura veterum philosophorum''. Among the texts are the important alchemical works the ''Rosarium Philosophorum'',〔Joachim Telle: Rosarium philosophorum, Verfasserlexikon, Band 8, 1992, Sp. 172-176〕 presented with illustrations in the second edition (1550); the ''Summa Perfectionis'' of Pseudo-Geber; and the Tabula Smaragdina of Hermes Trismegistus. The Rosarium Philosophorum is itself an alchemical collection, taking the form of a (florilegium), or a collection of citations of earlier alchemical authorities, among them Khalid ibn Yazid, Pseudo-Arnaldus of Villa Nova, Alphidius, and Pseudo-Lull) and which includes verses explaining the preparation of the Philosopher's stone accompanied by allegorical illustrations, which depict, for example, the union of the male and female principles. The collection is preserved in many manuscript copies and comes perhaps from the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century (some even date it to the sixteenth century).〔(Alchemy Website, Woodcut from the ''Rosarium'' ); (Universitätsbibliothek Glasgow, Illustrationen aus einer Handschrift der Bibliothek von Ferguson ); Joachim Telle, ed. ''Rosarium philosophorum: ein alchemisches Florilegium des Spätmittelalters,'' translated by Lutz Claren and Joachim Huber, 2 vols. (Weinheim: VCH, 1992). A facsimile of the 1550 edition〕 In the 1541 edition, Petraeus called for the printing of further alchemical texts. This started a period of publishing alchemical collections in large numbers, among them the Artis Auriferae, ''Verae alchemiae artisque metallicae, citra aenigmata, doctrina'' and culminating in the ''Theatrum Chemicum''. == Contents of 1541 Edition == *Geber (Pseudo-Geber). De investigatione perfectionis metallorum, Liber I. *Geber. Summæ perfectionis metallorum, sive perfecti magisterij, Libri II. *Geber. De inventione veritatis seu perfectionis metallorum. Liber I. *Geber. De fornacibus construendis. Liber I. *(Roger Bacon). Speculum alchemi, Rogerij Bachonis. *(Richardus Anglicus). Correctorium alchemiæ Richardi Anglici. *Rosarius minor, de alchemia, incerti authoris 〔Nicht mit dem Rosarium Philosophorum identisch. Als von einem unbekannten Autor bezeichnet.〕 *(Khalid ibn Yazid). Liber secretorum alchemiæ Calidis filij Iazichi Iudæi. * (Hermes Trimegistus). Tabula smaragdina de alchemia *(Ortulanus). Hortulani philosophi, super Tabulam smaragdinam Hermetis commentarius. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「De Alchemia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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