Morienus, Romanus, fl 660-699 (Christian hermit and alchemist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 660-699 - 0699
Biography
Morienus was a legendary Christian hermit and alchemist from the end of the 7th century, who is said to have lived in the mountains near Jerusalem. Translations of a 'dialogue' between Morienus and Khalid ibn Yazi from Arabic into Latin in the 12th century marks the beginning of Western preoccupation with alchemy, which before that was largely unknown in medieval Central Europe.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Extracts from a work by Morienus, 1478
part
Identifier: MS 131/ff. 110v-111v
Contents
A collection of precepts attributed to the seventh-century legendary hermit and alchemist Morienus. The text begins on f. 110v and it is introduced by the rubric Dicta pulchra morieni phylosophi. It starts with the words Apotarpum dicitur pater omnium metallorum; it ends on f. 111v with the words ipsum cum quo fuerunt coniuncta.
Dates:
1478