Mary or Maria the Jewess (Latin: Maria Hebraea), also known as Mary the Prophetess (Latin: Maria Prophetissa) or Maria the Copt (Arabic: مارية القبطية...

all meaning 'Mary's bath'. In his books, the 300 AD alchemist Zosimos of Panopolis credits for the invention of the device Mary the Jewess, an ancient...

Panopolis wrote that it was known to Mary the Jewess. The development of black, white, yellow, and red can also be found in the Physika kai Mystika or Pseudo-Democritus...

Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's...

can help in situating the other authors. Zosimus based his work on that of older alchemical authors, such as Mary the Jewess, Pseudo-Democritus, and...

Agathodaemon Chymes Cleopatra the Alchemist Mary the Jewess Moses of Alexandria Olympiodorus of Thebes (c. 400) Paphnutia the Virgin (c. 300) Pseudo-Aristotle...

(tribikos) receivers. According to Zosimos of Panopolis, the alembic was invented by Mary the Jewess. The anbik is described by Ibn al-Awwam in his Kitab al-Filaha...

century A.D. She is associated with the school of alchemy typified by Mary the Jewess and Comarius. These alchemists used complex apparatus for distillation...

and out of the third comes the one as the fourth." It is attributed to 3rd century alchemist Maria Prophetissa, also called Mary the Jewess, sister of...

discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). The earliest known written mention of the philosopher's stone is in the Cheirokmeta...

and "of the moon", through the 17th century. The tradition remains today with the name of the element mercury, where chemists decided the planetary...

Some theorists state that Chymes is the eponymous founder of alchemy. Zosimus associates him with Mary the Jewess. He may likely date from this earliest...

art of glassmaking. Mary the Jewess, an alchemist in Alexandria during the 1st century AD, is credited for the creation of some of the first glassware for...

Islam Mary the Jewess Marcelin Berthelot, Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs (3 vol., Paris, 1887–1888, p.161); F. Sherwood Taylor, "The Origins...

The Emerald Tablet, the Smaragdine Table, or the Tabula Smaragdina is a compact and cryptic Hermetic text. It was a highly regarded foundational text for...

the term chrysopoeia (from Ancient Greek χρυσοποιία (khrusopoiía) 'gold-making') refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged...

bat Tanhum Mary the Jewess, also known as Miriam the Prophetess, an early alchemist believed to have lived some time between the first and third centuries...

2982). The Jabirian writings contain a number of references to Greco-Egyptian alchemists such as pseudo-Democritus (fl. c. 60), Mary the Jewess (fl. c...

alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern chemistry. Mary Anne Atwood – key figure in the occult revival of alchemy. Carl Jung – merged...

Magicians mentioned in the Book of Exodus Jesus – Jesus as a historical person Julian – Roman emperor from 361 to 363 Mary the Jewess – First Western alchemist...

in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BCE. The text concerns the actions of Ra and his union with Osiris in the underworld. The ouroboros...

in a kiln. Milk of sulfur (lac sulphuris) – formed by adding an acid to thion hudor (lime sulfur). Natron/soda ash/soda – sodium carbonate. Na2CO3 Nitrum...

1951. "The Jewries of Eastern Europe." In The Slavonic and East European Review, 29(73), 420-443. Connerty, Mary C. Judeo-Greek: The Language, The Culture...

medical movement based on the theories and therapies of Paracelsus. It developed in the second half of the 16th century, during the decades following Paracelsus'...

settlements of the Middle East and North Africa, both founded in the end of the fourth century BCE in the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic...

of the element. He correctly identified this "food of life" with the gas (also oxygen) given off by heating nitre (saltpetre). This substance, the "central...

The history of the Jews in Greece can be traced back to at least the fourth century BCE. The oldest and the most characteristic Jewish group that has...

Between the 9th and the beginning of the 11th centuries, the city was controlled by the First Bulgarian Empire. The Bulgarian rule encouraged the migration...

throughout the history of the Byzantine Empire. After the decline of the Greek-speaking Hellenistic Judaism in ancient times, the use of the Greek language...

"The Splendour of the Sun") is a version of the illuminated alchemical text attributed to Salomon Trismosin. This version dates from around 1582. The earliest...