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LIST OF AUTHORS

AND TREATISES

Of the Fifth Volume.

I. The Assembly of Philosophers original: Turba Philosophorum; one of the oldest and most influential Latin alchemical texts, written as a debate between ancient Greek philosophers.. Excerpted from an ancient manuscript codex, of a version never before seen in any edition. page 1

II. A Single Discourse on the Assembly of Philosophers by an anonymous author, from a Manuscript. 58

III. Allegories of the Wise, and 29 Distinctions upon the book of the Assembly, from the same manuscript. 64

IV. The Treatise of Micreris to his disciple Mirnefindus These names are likely Latinized corruptions of Arabic names common in medieval alchemical literature., likewise from a manuscript. 101

V. Plato’s Books of Quarters original: Libri Quartorum; an alchemical-astrological work attributed to "Plato," likely of Arabic origin (the Kitab al-Habib)., or of the Stars, with the commentary of Hebuhabes Hamed, explained by Hestole; taken from hand-written codices and now for the first time given over to print. 114

VI. King Khalid, son of Yazid’s original: Regis Calid, filii Iazichi; Khalid ibn Yazid was an Umayyad prince credited with being one of the first patrons of alchemy. Book of the Secrets of Alchemy. 209

VII. By the same author, the Book of Three Words, from a manuscript, varying here and there from the printed version. 217

VIII. Senior Zadith, son of Hamuel’s Senior Zadith is the Latinized name of the 10th-century Arabic alchemist Muhammad ibn Umayl al-Tamimi. chemical table, enlarged with marginal notes. 220