Adam McLean's scholarly commentary on the Mutus Liber, examining each of its fifteen wordless engraved plates in detail, situating the work within the wider seventeenth century alchemical emblem tradition and treating it as both a practical operational sequence and a spiritual allegory.
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A plate by plate scholarly commentary by a recognized historian of alchemical texts, issued by a specialist esoteric research press rather than a university press. NotesThe standard modern scholarly commentary on the Mutus Liber, plate by plate, by the alchemical historian Adam McLean. Published by a specialist esoteric research press rather than an academic press, but the recognized reference treatment of this text.
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AuthorAdam McLean
PublisherPhanes Press
Publication Year1991
Source TypeScholarly work
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Esoteric Texts, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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