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Alchemical texts. Alchemy 101 - Iona Miller Home, 2013. Modern Alchemy. Iona Miller Home, 2013 - IONA MILLER PORTAL. Plate IV – THE THIRD TREATISE. Book of Lambspring. A Threefold Alchemical Journey Through the Book of Lambspring. The Alchemy web site on Levity.com Adam McLean © Back to symbolism page. The Book of Lambspring is well known as one of the gems from the Musaeum Hermeticum published in 1625 by Lucas Jennis in Frankfurt, especially for its series of fifteen emblematic plates.

It seems that this little book was first published, under the title De Lapide PhilosophicoTriga Chemicum (Prague 1599) compiled by the Frenchman Nicolas Barnaud prominent in the alchemical circles around Rudolf II. However, this tract and its emblemmatic drawings circulated in manuscript during the last two decades of the 16th century, as is attested by a number of copies dated to this period which still survive in libraries and special collections today. [Of these we might mention Ms 16752 in the National Museum in Nurnberg, and the manuscript copy in the University of Leiden.] The Book of Lambspring is a short work with an introductory section in verse and an emblem showing a threefold furnace.

. [1] Water - [10] Fire element. Book of Lambspring. The Alchemy web site on Levity.com See article by Adam McLean A threefold alchemical journey through the Book of Lambspring The Book of Lambspring, A Noble Ancient Philosopher, Concerning the Philosophical Stone; Rendered into Latin Verse by Nicholas Barnaud Delphinas, Doctor of Medicine, a zealous Student of this Art. I am called Lambspring, born of a Noble Family, and this Crest I bear with Glory and Justice. Philosophy I have read, and thoroughly understood, The utmost depth of my teachers' knowledge have I sounded. This God graciously granted to me, Giving me a heart to understand wisdom. Figure I The Sea is the Body, the two Fishes are Soul and Spirit. The Sages will tell you That two fishes are in our sea Without any flesh or bones.

Figure II Putrefaction. The Sage says That a wild beast is in the forest, Whose skin is of the blackest dye. Figure III In the Body there is Soul and Spirit. Figure IV The Spirit and Soul must be united in their Body. Figure V Figure VI Figure VII Figure VIII.