08-13-2025, 01:18 AM
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This famous alchemical engraving by Wolfgang Kilian from the 17th century titled “Auri Potabilis Chimice Praeparati”, which translates to “The Chemical Preparation of Drinkable Gold (The Golden Elixir)”. This illustration is taken from the alchemical medical manuscript Microcosmus Hypochondriacus by Malachias Geiger (1652).
https://www.instagram.com/p/COwST-QBO_4/
Microcosmus Hypochondriacus here:
https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_84055
Disappointing coverage of his esoteric interests in the literature:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Kilian
Adam, do you know his work at all well?
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This famous alchemical engraving by Wolfgang Kilian from the 17th century titled “Auri Potabilis Chimice Praeparati”, which translates to “The Chemical Preparation of Drinkable Gold (The Golden Elixir)”. This illustration is taken from the alchemical medical manuscript Microcosmus Hypochondriacus by Malachias Geiger (1652).
https://www.instagram.com/p/COwST-QBO_4/
Microcosmus Hypochondriacus here:
https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_84055
Disappointing coverage of his esoteric interests in the literature:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Kilian
Adam, do you know his work at all well?