Adrian von Mynsicht

Adrian von Mynsicht [Otherwise known as Henricus or Hinricus Madathanus, Adrian Seumenicht or Sümenicht, Hadrianus a Mynsicht, Hadrianus a Munsicht, Hadrian Mynsicht; it has been suggested ( [http://www.lohengrin-verlag.de/Rosenkreutz/Rosenkreuzer.htm here] , German language) that the real name was Adrian Seumenicht, with Hadrianus a Munsicht derived as anagram] (1603-1638) was a German alchemist. He is best known for the allegorical work "Aureum Saeculum Redivivum" ["The Golden Age Restored" [http://www.levity.com/alchemy/goldnage.html] ( [http://www.istanbul-yes-istanbul.co.uk/imagination/Imag%20in%20Mys%20&%20Eso.htm described here] ).] , published under the pseudonym Henricus Madathanus, and usually dated to 1621/2. It was soon reprinted in collections, the "Musaeum Hermeticum" [http://www.alchemywebsite.com/musaeum1.html] and the "Dyas Chymica Tripartita", both 1625 (Frankfurt, same publisher).

He wrote also the "Thesaurus et Armamentarium Medico-Chymicum" (1631), a medical work. ["A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases" was the subtitle of the English translation [http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/eebo/New_Text/New_Texts_August2004_full.html] ; Mynsicht was said in the latter part of a short life to have been a physician.]

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