- John Dastin
John Dastin [Also Dastine, Dastyn, Daustin, Johannes Dastinus. Also given in the forms Joannes Dacius, and (according to
Lynn Thorndike ) Johannes de Vasconia.] was an English alchemist of the fourteenth century. He is known for correspondence withPope John XXII , in defence of alchemical practice, dated to 1320.Work attributed to Dastin was included in the 1625 "Harmoniae imperscrutabilis Chymico-Philosophicae" of
Hermannus Condeesyanus , [The "Visio super artem Alchemicam".] the 1629 "Fasciculus Chemicus " ofArthur Dee , and the 1652 "Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum" ofElias Ashmole . The "Rosarius philosophorum" is earlier known in manuscript. [For example from 1525, [http://webtext.library.yale.edu/beinflat/pre1600.MELL028.htm] ; other 16th century sources, [http://www.alchemywebsite.com/almss8.html] . It is also known as the "Desiderabile Desiderium", from the opening words.] ; it was printed 1702 byJ. J. Manget in his "Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa".References
*Entry in "Concise Dictionary of National Biography"
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* [http://www.levity.com/alchemy/tcbdastn.html "John Dastin's Dream": online text]
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