De Quinta Essentia, attributed to the fourteenth-century Franciscan alchemical writer Jean de Roquetaillade (Johannes de Rupescissa), is an influential medieval work on the concept of the quintessence, a ‘fifth essence’ distinct from the four classical elements.
Book I introduces the theory of the quintessence and the alchemical principles of its preparation, purification and distillation, in the context of medieval natural philosophy and alchemical medicine.
Explore the historical origins of quintessence theory in this digital edition. Jean de Roquetaillade and Templum Dianae Media are credited on the edition.
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