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Thomas, Aquinas, ? 1225-1274 (Saint)

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  • Existence: 1225? - 1274

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Tractatus de lapide philosophico by Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas, 1478

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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 1r-5v
Contents The Tractatus de lapide philosophico is a treatise on the Philosoper's Stone, the legendary alchemic substance which was supposed to transform a base metal into a precious one, i.e. gold or silver. The treatise was attributed to the famous philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), but intertextual relationships with other texts suggest a date of composition after 1351-52, well after his death. The attribution to Thomas Aquinas might have been...
Dates: 1478
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including twenty-seven texts