Selections from "The pleasant Founteine of Knowledge"
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Title
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Selections from "The pleasant Founteine of Knowledge"
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Description
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An alchemical poem originally written in 1413 in French and translated in the seventeenth century. Describes the allegorical journey of an alchemist through the garden of knowledge to discover the Philosopher's Stone.
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Creator
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William Backhouse
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Date
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1644
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Provenance
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Part of a personal notebook handwritten by Elias Ashmole. The physical manuscript is currently housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Microfilm acquired by UVic for Dr. Robert Schuler.
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Source
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University of Victoria Special Collections, call number QD23.4 A43
