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Mary or Maria the Jewess ((ラテン語:Maria Prophetissima)), also known as Mary or Miriam the Prophetess, is a figure who first appeared in the works of the Gnostic Christian writer Zosimos of Panopolis, whose sources for this are not clear. The figure of Maria Prophetissima may have been developed from Miriam, a sister of Moses. On the basis of Zosimos's comments, she lived between the first and third centuries A.D.〔''Chemical History Tour, Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science'' Adele Droblas Greenberg Wiley-Interscience 2000 ISBN 0-471-35408-2〕 She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world. ==History== The primary source for the existence of "Mary the Jewess" within the context of alchemy is Zosimos of Panopolis, who wrote, in the 4th century, the oldest alchemy books known. Zosimos described several of Mary's experiments and instruments. In his writings, Mary is almost always mentioned as having lived in the past, and she is described as "one of the sages." George Syncellus, a Byzantine chronicler of the 8th century, presented Mary as a teacher of Democritus, whom she had met in Memphis, Egypt, during the time of Pericles. The 10th century ''Kitāb al-Fihrist'' of Ibn al-Nadim cited Mary as one of the 52 most famous alchemists and stated that she was able to prepare ''caput mortuum'', a purple pigment. The Roman philosopher Morieno called her "Mary the Prophetess," and the Arabs knew her as the "Daughter of Plato" — a name which, in Western alchemical texts, was reserved for white sulfur. 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「Mary the Jewess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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