Daniel Stolz von Stolzenberg

from the early 17th century Hermetic Garden

Daniel Stolz von Stolzenberg (Daniel Stolcius) (1600–1660) was a Bohemian physician and writer on alchemy, a pupil of Michael Maier in Prague. [2] His name is often given as 'von Stolcenberg', i.e. from Stolzenberg, or 'von Stolcenbeerg'.

He is known for his 1624 emblem book Viridarium Chymicum^[1], a significant anthology[3] with sources in previous collections.^[2][3] It was followed in 1627 by the Hortulus Hermeticus^[4][5].

References

• Adam McLean (editor), Patricia Tahil (translator) (1980) The Hermetic Garden of Daniel Stolcius

Notes

1. ^ The Alchemical Pleasure-Garden, German Chymisches Lustgartlein
2. ^ The 1622 Philosophia reformata of Johann Daniel Mylius, and work of Basilius Valentinus, in particular.
3. ^ According to John Manning, The Emblem (2002), Claude-François Menestrier's classification of Emblêmes Chymiques should apply to the book.
4. ^ The Hermetic Garden
5. ^ Stolcius, who studied at Oxford after fleeing from Bohemia in 1620, dedicated The Hermetic Garden to [Philip] Hainhofer, who was described as counsellor to the Duke of Pomerania. Ron Heisler, [1]

External links

• [4]

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Name	Stolz, Daniel
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