The Secret Book E-Book

Artephius

• Herausgeber: Edizioni Aurora Boreale
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Under the name of Artephius (or Artefius) lies the identity of an obscure medieval scholar and initiate to whom numerous alchemical texts are attributed. Although the roots of the texts are unclear and the identity of their author obscure, at least some of them are of Arabic origin.
Among the numerous alchemical treatises attributed to Artephius are Ars Sintrillia, Clavis Sapientiae or Clavis Maioris Sapientiae and the Liber Secretus ( The Secret Book), which we propose to our readers today. It is undoubtedly one of the most interesting alchemical texts that have come down to us from the mists of an archaic past of wisdom and knowledge of the elements of nature and their transmutation.

Leseprobe

SYMBOLS & MYTHS

ARTEPHIUS

THE SECRET BOOK

Edizioni Aurora Boreale

Title: The Secret Book

Author: Artephius

Series: Symbols & Myths

With an introduction by Nicola Bizzi

Editing by Nicola Bizzi

ISBN: 979-12-5504-589-2

Edizioni Aurora Boreale

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INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHER

Under the name of Artephius (or Artefius) lies the identity of an obscure medieval scholar and initiate to whom numerous alchemical texts are attributed. Although the roots of the texts are unclear and the identity of their author obscure, at least some of them are of Arabic origin.

Among the numerous alchemical treatises attributed to Artephius are Ars Sintrillia, Clavis Sapientiae or Clavis Maioris Sapientiae and the Liber Secretus (TheSecret Book), which we propose to our readers today. It is undoubtedly one of the most interesting alchemical texts that have come down to us from the mists of an archaic past of wisdom and knowledge of the elements of nature and their transmutation.

Alchemical pseudepigraphy makes it difficult to identify who the historical Artephius might have been. His identity therefore remains an open question. Since The Secret Book of Artephius was respected and mentioned many times by Roger Bacon, it is believed that Artephius' writing can be dated to around 1150. A medieval author, Restoro d'Arezzo, confused Artephius with Orpheus in his work Composizione del Mondo (Composition of the World) in 1282. This error was due to a translation error, as the Arabic spellings of Orpheus and Artephius were very similar. This transcription error gave us "Artephius", an alchemist without a historical personality.