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  1. Il libro della luce
    Author: Johannes
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Marsilio, Venezia

    Location:
    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek

    Location:
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: Italian; Latin
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 8831768859
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: Alchemy; Alchemie <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Johannes <de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365>: Liber lucis; Johannes von Roquetaillade, OFM (1310-1365): Liber lucis
    Scope: 159 p., col. ill. : 30 cm
  2. Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica MS M 338
    the "missing link" in the transmission of John of Rupescissa's Liber lucis
    Author: Principe, Lawrence
    Published: [2023]

    John of Rupescissa is one of the most important alchemical and prophetic authors of the fourteenth century. Several of his prophetic-exegetical works about the antichrist(s) have recently benefitted from critical editions; however, his two alchemical... more

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    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
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    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

     

    John of Rupescissa is one of the most important alchemical and prophetic authors of the fourteenth century. Several of his prophetic-exegetical works about the antichrist(s) have recently benefitted from critical editions; however, his two alchemical works have not received the same treatment. John’s Liber lucis magisterii magni (1354) was published twice in the sixteenth century, in 1561 and 1579. Strikingly, the two editions share hardly a single sentence in common. This paper explains this curious anomaly by identifying the origins and lines of descent of both editions, with special attention paid to the 1579 edition, for which Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica MS M 338 provides the crucial link. This study reveals the twisted pathways and unexpected corruptions that a medieval alchemical text can undergo between composition and publication, and serves as a warning against relying too much upon early modern print editions.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
    Parent title:
    Quaerendo; Leiden, 2023; Volume 53, no. 3-4 (2023), Seite 187-197
    Subjects: Edition
    Other subjects: Johannes von Roquetaillade, OFM (1310-1365): Liber lucis
    Scope: Illustrationen