Ricardus Anglicus (Alchemist)
Ricardus Anglicus was an English author of alchemical writings in the 14th century.
The name Ricardus Anglicus is ambiguous in the Middle Ages. Alchemical writings were ascribed to a Ricardus Anglicus such as the Correctorium alchemiae , also called Corrector (fatuorum) , from the 14th century after Joachim Telle . Telle contradicts, among other things, an identification with Richard von Wendover by John Ferguson , with Robert von York (died around 1348) by Lynn Thorndike or with Richard von Mediavilla by Hermann Kopp . Ricardus Anglicus was considered a leading alchemist in England in the late Middle Ages. His writings were printed in De Alchemia and the Theatrum Chemicum . According to Telle, he was a good expert on alchemical literature up to the 14th century and stood in its tradition (especially the conversion into a Materia Prima with the help of gold, silver and mercury (Mercury)).
José Rodriguez Guerrero leads as author of the Correctorium alchemiae a curia lawyer in Avignon. According to him, the recipient of the original version of the Correctorium Bernardus Magnus de Tréveris ( Bernhardus Trevisanus ), whom he identified as Eberhard I von der Marck-Arenberg (1305-1387), was temporarily choir bishop in Cologne before he left the clergy to marry. After him, Bernardus Magnus de Tréveris is also the author of the later version Corrector (fatuorum) .
literature
- Joachim Telle : Ricardus Anglicus. In: Author's Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Volume 8, 1992, Col. 38-41.
Individual evidence
- ^ Telle, Ricardus Anglicus, author's lexicon, Volume 8, 1992, Col. 38 f.
- ↑ a b José Rodríguez Guerrero: El Correctorium alchimiae (approx. 1352-1362) de Ricardus Anglicus y la versión de Bernardus Magnus de Tréveris, Azogue, Volume 8, 2014-2018, pp. 216-270.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricardus Anglicus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English alchemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century or 15th century |