Pantheo, G.A. Ars transmutationis metallicae. 1518: transcript, etc.

Fol I (In a cypher made up of semi-Greek characters) Jesvs Et Maria Et / Ioseph. / (red) Uerba propria philosophorum auree cur/cis super secreta chimica Dei gratia / a fideli et dilectissimo amico mihi huani [?] / ter elargita pro cuius anima semper Deum / rogare teneor quoniam mihi testauit. Deum ideo Precor ut mihi concedat gratiam eadem / uerba cognoscere pro eius laude et gloria / pro salute anime mee, pro auxilio paupe / rum.et pro commoditate mee familie pau / pere [sic]. Amen. (En clair) In Christi nomine amen Fratri nostro diletto Petro Alme / rigo Encherchz de deletto nostro frtre toma felice de uilla de berarchis salutem. . . The text continues recommending silence and secrecy as to the Work: 'Cave Cave Cave'. and ends on fol. Iv, line 23 '... ex / nostro deputato loco datum die 3º mensis februari an / noRomanorum iusta [sic] morem 1649 / In Fidem ego [Name in unresolved cypher] sic confirmo et concedo ut om / nes nostros alios deputatos Fratres etiam atque etiam / rogo tibique salutem precor'. This is followed by the names [in another unresolved cypher] of eleven other members of the order, each of who adds: 'Affirmo et salutem rogo', which is carried over to fol. 2. Blow these is a list of 13 rules 'Ex tabula nostrum parentum leges decretaque tibi nobisque observanda'. 2v, Line 2 (Beginning of Pantheo's tract) Expositio Litervm [sic] Schematis.// Conditor omnium rerum Deus... 28v, line 3 Sub Leone X. Pontifice msximo 3º Kal. Ja / nuarii 1519.

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Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).