Rosarium philosophorum

This illustrated alchemistic manuscript was written by Jaroš Griemiller z Trebska in 1578. It demonstrates the high level of alchemy that existed in Bohemia even before the transfer of the court of the emperor Rudolf II to Prague. It is a Czech translation of the medieval alchemic tract 'Rosarium philosophorum', made by Jaroš Griemiller, who was probably a relative of the country hallmark officer …