Imagery in the Buch Der Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit

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The imagery in the Buch der heiligen DreifaltigkeitThe Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit (Book of the Holy Trinity) is one of the earliest alchemical manuscripts withemblematic illustrations, as well as being the earliest alchemical work written in German. The work seems to have beencreated around 1410-1419 and a number of manuscripts appeared during the first half of the 15th century. A later revisionof the text was created around 1440. Its wonderful imagery later influenced such series as the Rosarium philosophorum(1550). The early manuscripts are:-

Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, MS. 80061.Wolfenbttel, Herzog-August Bibliothek, codex Guelf. 468 (433 Hemstedt).Berlin, Kupferstichkabinnett der staatlichen Museen Prussischer Kulturbesitz, MS. 78 A 11.Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, CGM. 598.Wolfenbttel, Herzog-August Bibliothek, codex Guelf. 188 Blankenburg (W2).Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS. German 1.Leiden, University Library, Voss. Chem. F. 29.Glasgow University Library, MS. Ferguson 4.Donaueschingen, Hofbibliothek, MS. 811.Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, MS. 238.

There are also a number of copies from the late 16th and 17th centuries.There do not appear to be any significant studies in English of this group of manuscripts, and the work calls out fortranslation into English. It pursues parallels between alchemy and the death and resurrection of Christ.

Here are the forty truly beautiful illustrations from the Munich manuscript. It is important to see the black colourappearing on some of the figures was originally bright silver. As is common in medieval illuminated manuscripts whichapplied gold and silver leaf to areas of illustartions, while the gold remains radiant, the silver has usually tarnished andbecome black by exposure to high levels of sulphur in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution.

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