II.1 AD AMICUM SUUM
(Methodus directus)
Incipit: Pater mi clementissime, dixi ergo tibi ...
References: HMES IV, 625; TK 1029
Manuscripts: Firenze, BML, Ashb. 191 (123); Modena, B. Estense, lat. 365; München, BS, clm 10601
Note: Partially identical to the Arnaldian Semita semitae ( HMES III, 71). Cfr. also the Epistola by Geraldus de Morangia HMES IV, 334).
II.2 ALCHIMIA I
Incipit: Iste est modus absconditus a sapientibus ...
References: HMES IV, 62-63; TK 785; Singer, Catalogue, 254-5
Manuscripts: Oxford, BL, Fairfax 22; Oxford, CCC, 136
II.3 ALCHIMIA II
Incipit: Furnus magnus Raymundi Lulli cum duobus furnellis ...
References: TK 574; Singer, Catalogue, 268
Manuscript: London, BL, Add. 10764
II.4 ALCHIMIA III
(De quinta essentia)
Incipit: Oleum benedictum philosophorum unum ex secretis ...
References: TK 978, Singer, Catalogue, 978; D 102
Manuscripts: London, BL, Arundel 251; Oxford, BL, Canonici Misc. 195; Wien, ÖNB, 5511
Note: In MS Arundel 251 it is a chapter of the Tractatus de oleis attributed to Geoffrey of Vinsauf, whose incipit is: Et accipe tegulas novas de fornace quas aqua non tetigerit ...(not included in TK).
II.5 APERTORIUM CUM CLAVIBUS
Incipit: Appetitus naturalis est ... Clavis prima: Scias fili quod omnis elementa sunt creata ...
Manuscript: London, WML, 1298
II.6 APHORISMI
Incipit/explicit: Aurum philosophorum est lapis tactu (cautus) rarus ... References: HMES IV, 628; TK 168; Singer, Catalogue, 262
Manuscripts: Barcelona, BC, 1728; Bern, Bürgerbibl., A 78; Bologna, BU, 270(457) XXIII.3; Cambridge, CCC, 112; Leiden, BR, Voss. Chym. Q 33; London, BL, Sloane 419; London, WML, 447; Modena, B. Estense, lat. 364; München, BS, clm 10599; Nantes, 523 (=franç.357); Oxford, BL, Ashm. 273; Oxford, BL, Ashm. 1483; Oxford, CCC, 244; Palma, BF, 17 (3/9); Paris, BN, franç.2019; Praga, Universitní Knihovna, Lobk. 249; Vaticano, lat. 5847
Note: This brief treatise is often copied after the Cantilena in fifteenth century manuscripts, thought not expressly attributed to Lull (cfr. I.7). However, it is included in the catalogue of Lull's works compiled by Alonso de Proaza.
II.7 APPARATUS
Incipit: Apparatus iste dividitur in quatuor principales ...
References: HMES IV, 628; TK 115
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 27; Wien, ÖNB, 5487
II.8 APPARATUS SECUNDUS TESTAMENTI
(Practica Testamenti)
Incipit: Tu prevideas de liquore luminarium in virtute de A ...
Reference: TK 1591
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 27; London, WML, 443
II.9 APPARATUS TERTIUS
Incipit: Prima est dissolvere, secunda lavare, tercia congelare ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, II iii 27
II.10 CATALOGUS OMNIUM PHILOSOPHORUM
Incipit: Reges serenissimi et amantissimi fili, me pluries rogastis ...
Manuscript: Firenze. BNC. Magl. XVI.47
II.11 CODICILLUS MAGNUS
Incipit: Fecimus praesentem codicillum seu librum artis et fontem scientiae ...
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.52; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.56
II.12 COMPENDIUM ARTIS RAYMUNDI
Incipit: Homo cognoscens uxorem vel per somnium vel actualiter lapidem generare non potest ...
Reference: Singer, Catalogue, 240-1
Manuscripts: London, BL, Sloane 2128; Milano, B. Ambrosiana, D 248 Inf.; Oxford, BL, Ashm. 1483; Yale, BLMC, 12
II.13 DE DISTILLATIONIBUS ET SUBLIMATIONIBUS
(Liber determinationis omnium distillationum)
Incipit: Omnes distillationes debent fieri ...
Reference: TK 985
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, Pal. 981; Klagenfurt, Bischöfliches B., XXIX d 24; London, BL, Add. 41486; Vaticano, Pal. lat. 1339; Vaticano, Ross. lat. 576
Note: Anonymous work attributed to Lull only in MS Ross. lat. 576.
II.14 DE GENERATIONE LAPIDUM
Incipit: In virtute sanctae trinitatis accipe de aqua menstrui quam aquam tibi dixi ...
Reference: TK 721
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, Pal. 933
II.15 DE GRADIBUS MAGNAE MEDICINAE
(Thesaurus Raymundi. Also attributed to Arnaldus de Villanova: Rosinus Arnaldi; Rosa aurea)
Incipit: Ex quolibet non fit quodlibet sed determinatum ...
References: HMES IV, 637; TK 537
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 27; Firenze, B. Riccardiana, 1165; Palma, BF, 17 (3/9); Vaticano, lat. 5847; Wolfenbüttel, HAB, 3721
II.16 DE LAPIDE
Incipit: Accipe aquae benedictae partes sex corporis solis ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.43
II.17 DE LAPIDE PHISICO MINERALI
(Compendium codicilli de lapide minerali. Also attributed to Paulus Ursarum, or Romanus, de Ursinis/de Vesinis, and to Ludovicus Cornelius)
Incipit: Materia lapidis est res una vilis pretii ubicumque reperibilis (Est enim materia lapidis res vilis ...) ...
References: HMES IV, 623; TK 508, 850
Manuscripts: Firenze, B. Riccardiana, 942; Firenze, B. Riccardiana, 984; Mainz, Priesterseminar, 220; Modena, B. Estense, lat. 357; München, BS, F 673; Paris, BN, nouv. acquis. lat. 1293; Vaticano, Pal. lat. 1332; Venezia, BNM, lat. VI.283
II.18 DE LAPIDIS ANIMALIS PRINCIPIO
Incipit: Lapis animalis et magnum elyxir ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI. 47
II.19 DE VINIS
Incipit: Sane et semper victoriose regiae maiestatis vester humilis servulus ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BML, Ashb. 1448
II.20 EPISTOLA AD EDUARDUM REGEM ANGLIAE
Incipit: Tu in virtute Dei serenissime princeps accipe vinum album ...
Manuscript: London, WML, 452
II.21 EPISTOLA DE LAPIDE MAIORI
Incipit: Praeparacionem huius operis vos sequenti modo facietis ...
Manuscript: London, WML, 758
II.22 EPISTOLA DE PLUMBO ET ANTIMONIO
Incipit: Requisisti me dilecte fili ut verbum secretum a philosophis occultatum ...
Manuscript: London, WML, 443
II.23 EPISTOLA RAYMUNDI PHILOSOPHI
Incipit: Interrogacioni tuae de secretis naturae amice dilectissime ...
Reference: TK 771
Manuscript: Oxford, CCC, 185
II.24 IMAGO VITAE
(Imago artis alias praxis universalis; Imago mundi)
Incipit: Ars nostra secreta continet unam medicinam factam ex uno corpore ...
Reference: Singer, Catalogue, 269
Manuscripts: London, BL, Sloane 1091; Oxford, BL, Ashm. 1484; Yale, BLMC, 12
Note: A French translation of this work (XVth c. ex.) is in MS London, WML, 446
II.25 INVESTIGATIO SECRETORUM
Incipit: Nunc rex serenissime est tempus si me intelligas ...
References: HMES IV, 640; TK 966
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.105
II.26 LAPIDARIUS MAGNUS
Incipit: Sciens igitur quod omnes decoctiones ...
References: HMES IV, 642; TK 1400
Manuscript: Bologna, BU, 270 (457) V.3
Note: It is not, as Thorndike claims, the same as the Liber lapidarii, but it is apparently related to its contents.
II.27 LIBER EXPERIMENTORUM
Incipit: Naturalem evacuationem corporum a suis spiritibus ...
Reference: TK 902
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.61
Note: Not to be confused with the astrological Liber experimentorum attributed to Lull in MS Wien, ÖNB, 12834.
II.28 LIBER INTELLIGENTIARUM
Incipit: Raymundus in libro Vademecum fili ...
Reference: TK 1316
Manuscript: München, BS, clm 25115
II.29 LIBER PROPRIETARIUS
Incipit: Fili in nomine Jesu Christi oportet quod tu intelligas operationes per quas creantur nostra argenta viva ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.56
Note: Though not listed by Salzinger and following catalogues nor by Thorndike, it seems to be linked to the texts of the latest layer of the corpus (cfr. I.1, note), many of which it cites. The same might be true of the many texts listed in this section, which are preserved in Florentine Magliabechi manuscripts (II.10, 11, 16, 18, 25, 27, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42).
II.30 LIBER QUARTUS PRACTICALIS
Incipit: Intentio huius quarti et ultimi practicalis principii est figere album sulphur ...
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.60
II.31 LIBER TRIUM VERBORUM
Incipit: Philosophi omnes dixerunt aquam mercurialem esse clavem ...
Reference: TK 1041
Manuscripts: Bologna, BU, 270 (457) II.1; Modena, B. Estense, lat. 365
Note: Not to be confused with the Liber trium verborum attributed to Kalid (TK 768).
II.32 OCTO OPERATIONES
Incipit: Materia lapidis est res vilis pretii ubique reperibilis quia est aqua viscosa ...
Reference: HMES IV, 620-1
Manuscripts: Firenze, BML, Gaddi reliq. 174; Wien, ÖNB, 5487
Note: According to Thorndike (IV, 640, 645) it is John of Rupescissa's Liber lucis, without prologue.Cfr. also II.17, which has a similar incipit.
II.33 OPUS AD ALBUM ET RUBEUM
Incipit: Philosophi naturales scilicet Plato ...
Reference: TK 1041
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, Magl. XV.3; Firenze, BNC, Pal. 867.XII
II.34 PARVUS VADEMECUM
Incipit: Hoc est commune in omni digestione quod aereus humor ...
Manuscripts: Oxford, BL, Ashm. 1483; Yale, BLMC, 12
II.35 PRACTICA DE FORMACIONE ET COMPOSICIONE LAPIDIS
Incipit: Ad dandum intelligentiam super illud quod declaravimus de effectiva potestate sulphuris ...
Manuscripts: Leiden, BR, Voss. Chym. F 1; Oxford, BL, Ashm. 1483; Yale, BLMC, 12
II.36 PRACTICA MEDICINALIS SECUNDAE PARTIS TESTAMENTI
Incipit: Nunc dicemus compositionem aquae potabilis ... (= ch. 17 of Liber mercuriorum)
References: TK 963; Singer, Catalogue, 247
Manuscripts: Bern, Bürgerbibl., B 44; Firenze, BNC, Pal. 792; London, BL, Sloane 419; Yale, BLMC, 12
II.37 PRIMUM TESTAMENTUM
Incipit: De facto totius artis in summa universali dicimus nos debere ...
Manuscript: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28
II.38 PRO COMPOSITIONE LAPIDIS PHILOSOPHICI
Incipit: Quamvis pro labore et compositione formae lapidis ...
References: TK 1166; Singer, Catalogue, 252-3
Manuscript: London, BL, Add. 10764
II.39 REPERTORIUM
Incipit: Rex aqua nostra physica tribus naturis componitur B E et H ...
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.60
II.40 SECRETA SECRETORUM
Incipit: O rex, alchimia est pars occulta philosophiae naturalis ...
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.55
II.41 SECRETUM DE AURO POTABILI
Incipit: Deus sua sapientia constituit in sole mirabiles virtutes ...
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.55
II.42 SEMITA RECTA
Incipit: Serenissime rex scias quod in omnibus libris nostris ...
References: HMES IV, 12 n.31; TK 1438
Manuscripts: Firenze, BNC, II iii 28; Firenze, BNC, Magl. XVI.61; Paris, B. Mazarine, 3681; Wien, ÖNB, 5489
II.43 SOLILOQUIUM PHILOSOPHIAE
(Opus perfecti magisterii quod appellatur soliloquium philosophiae secundum Raimundum Lullium)
Incipit: Primo de coniugio matrimoniali ...
Manuscript: Firenze, B. Riccardiana, 942
II.44 TESTAMENTUM ABBREVIATUM
(Rosarius)
Incipit: Primum vel primum ergo regimen lapidis est dissolvere siccum grossum in argentum vivum (Regimen lapidis est) ...
References: HMES III, 56 n.15; TK 1121, 1344; Corbett I, 212, 277
Manuscripts: Oxford, CCC, 236; Paris, BN, Nouv. acquis. lat. 1293
Note: The same text, written in Provençal, is preserved in MS Paris, BN, Nouv. acquis. franç.4141, with the title: Rosarius alkymicus Montispessulani (cfr. Berthelot, Sur quelques écrits alchimiques en langue provençale, se rattachant à l'école de Raymond Lulle, in La Chimie au moyen âge, Paris, 1893; reprint Amsterdam, 1967; ed. A. Calvet, Le Rosier alchimique de Montpellier, Paris 1996 )
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