Alchemiae Gebri Arabis philosophi solertissimi, libri, cum reliquis, ut versa pagella indicabit (1545) - Page 15

[...seductorum] continues from previous page: seducers, and that the art consists in fixed mercury. 251
III. On the same, that fixed mercury perfects, and the division of the operations and the little book into two parts, or into two chapters. 253
Chapter one has twenty-one sections.
§ I. Promise and division of what is to be said concerning the operations of alchemy. 254
II. On the calcination of Saturn and Jupiter. ibid
III. On the calcination of Venus and Mars. 255
IIII. On the calcination of Sol and Luna. ibid
V. On the calcination of other things and mixtures. 256
VI. On the sublimation of spirits. ibid
VII. On the sublimation of imperfect bodies. ibid
VIII. On the sublimation of perfect bodies. 257
§ IX. On fixation. ibid
X. On distillation. ibid
XI. On solution. 258
XII. On ceration. ibid
XIII. On coagulation. ibid
XIIII. On particulars for the white in general. 259
XV. On particulars for the white in species. 260
XVI. On particulars for the red in general. 262
XVII. Particular for the red in species. 263

XVIII. Apostrophe to the reader, and prayer to God. 264
XIX. Composition of aqua fortis nitric acid, which is the key to the Rosary. ibid
XX. Praises of the aforementioned aqua fortis. 265
XXI. Inclusion of the Rosary by means of the same water. 266
Chapter two has six sections.
§ I. That mercury alone is the cause of perfection. 268
II. On the difference of mercuries. 269
III. Similitude, insinuating the universal way. ibid
IIII. Practice covered in darkness. 270
V. On the properties of the perfect tincture. 271
VI. Epilogue or recapitulation of all that has been said. 272

End of the lesser Rosary.

OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN the Book of the secrets of Calid.

Preface on the difficulty of the art. 274
I. On the four masteries of the art, namely solution, congelation, albification, and rubification. 277
II. On the things and instruments necessary and opportune for this work. 280
III. On the natures of things pertaining to this work. 281