Erasmus Kupfermann
Erasmus Kupfermann was a German clergyman and alchemist who worked in the first half of the 16th century.
Kupfermann was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Herrenbreitungen near Schmalkalden and had an alchemical laboratory there with a laboratory assistant (Bartold Pfaff). He amassed a considerable collection of alchemical literature. No writings by him are known, but recipes that found their way into the works of other alchemists. His monastery was partially destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 . Kupfermann had fled to Fulda with his monks and was later in Cologne , where he undertook alchemical experiments with a clergyman Konrad. The monastery was dissolved in 1552.
literature
- Claus Priesner , Karin Figala : Alchemy. Lexicon of a Hermetic Science, Beck 1998, pp. 207f
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| SURNAME | Kupfermann, Erasmus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman and alchemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |