Goldener Schlüssel

I. Basic information

Printing History, Manuscripts. Not printed. One manuscript (current location unknown, formerly in the library of Max Joseph Freiherr von Linden). Full title: “Der goldne Schlüssel Philippi Theophrasti aller seiner gehabten Arcanen, aus einem uralten Manuscript aufs fleißigste abkopiert, und dem Kunstbegierigen treuherzig entdeckt. 1583.”

Editions. Not edited by Huser or Sudhoff.

Relationship between different versions. Only one version known.

Structure, genre/form, perspective, style. A collection of 55 alchemical processes, listed in the 1788 Catalogus.

Relationship to other texts.

Authenticity, authorship.

Time of writing. Von Linden’s copy was dated 1583.

II. Sources

Manuscripts: no manuscripts available

First printed: not printed

Historical Manuscript Catalogues: von Linden (1786), 19 n° 35; von Linden (1788), part 2, 125–129 n° 109

III. Bibliography

Essential bibliography: Sudhoff, Paracelsus-Handschriften, 24, 25.