Beschreibung des wunderbaren Bechers
Printing History, Manuscripts. Not printed. One manuscript, written ca. 1635. The full title is, according to Sudhoff: “Beschreibung des wunderbahren bächers, dessen im Ersten buch Moyse am 44. […] gedacht würde. Samb einem gantzen Cabalistischen Ordinadt, darzugehörig, vnd wie man denselbigen brauchen soll Auß Herrn Theoph: Paracelsi eigenen Hand Schrifft.”
Editions. Not edited by Huser or Sudhoff.
Relationship between different versions. Only one known version.
Structure, genre/form, perspective, style.
Relationship to other texts.
Authenticity, authorship. Allegedly from an autograph of Paracelsus. On a magical cup that is said to be in the possession of Johannes Montanus the Younger at Strigau. With a drawing of the cup.
Time of writing. Probably written in the beginning of the 17th century. Further study required.
Manuscripts:
- Kopenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek: GKS 259 folio, 229–234
First printed: not printed
Essential bibliography: Sudhoff, Paracelsus-Handschriften, 668–669.
Further bibliographical references:
Peuckert, Pansophie (1956), 476.