The Mirror of Alchemy and Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony

The Mirror of Alchemy:Speculum Alchemiae, which was translated into English as The Mirror of Alchemy in 1597, is a short treatise about the composition and origin of metals, adopting conventional Arabian theories of mercury and sulfur as the constituents of metals, and containing vague allusions to transmutation.Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony:A 1985 translation by Kjell Hellesoe of this alchemical treatise by Bacon."Stibium, as the Philosophers say, is composed from the...
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The Mirror of Alchemy:Speculum Alchemiae, which was translated into English as The Mirror of Alchemy in 1597, is a short treatise about the composition and origin of metals, adopting conventional Arabian theories of mercury and sulfur as the constituents of metals, and containing vague allusions to transmutation.Tract on the Tincture and Oil of Antimony:A 1985 translation by Kjell Hellesoe of this alchemical treatise by Bacon."Stibium, as the Philosophers say, is composed from the noble mineral Sulphur, and they have praised it as the black lead of the Wise. The Arabs in their language, have called it Asinat vel Azinat, the alchemists retain the name Antimonium. It will however lead to the consideration of high Secrets, if we seek and recognize the nature in which the Sun is exalted, as the Magi found that this mineral was attributed by God to the Constellation Aries, which is the first heavenly sign in which the Sun takes its exaltation or elevation to itself. Although such things are thrown to the winds by common people, intelligent people ought to know and pay more attention to the fact that exactly at this point the infinitude of secrets may be partly contemplated with great profit and in part also explored."