In utrumque Antichristum

From Theatrum Paracelsicum
also:
Theophrastus adversus utrumque Antichristum


I. Basic information


36 verses, ca. 250 words

First printed in 1619. One manuscript, written by Karl Widemann and dated 1597. The author is a protestant spiritualist Paracelsian.

II. Sources


Manuscripts:

  • Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek: Cod. Guelf. 28.4 Aug. 4°, f. 67r–67v

First printed:

  • 1619 (in: Liber Sermonum in Antichristos et Pseudoprophetis Veteris & Noui Testamenti. Das ist: Ein Büchlein wider die Antichristen […] Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi, ab Hohenheim (Frankfurt a.M.: Lucas Jennis, 1619), 51–52; VD17 1:057553M; Sudhoff, Bibliographia Paracelsica, 520–521 n° 311)
III. Bibliography


Essential bibliography: Sudhoff, Bibliographia Paracelsica, 697, n° 42; Sudhoff, Paracelsus-Handschriften, 552.

Further bibliographical references:

Telle, “‘Wo sind meine Vers’?’” (2008), 333.