Medieval alchemy, Kabbalah and Islamic esotericism
George Ripley
The Canon of Bridlington
An Augustinian canon of Bridlington whose Compound of Alchymy divides the work into twelve gates, and gives English alchemy the ordering it kept for two centuries.
- Dates
- c. 1415 – 1490
- Dating
- approximate dates
Place in the tradition
Dee, Boyle and Newton all read him. The twelve gates are still the most familiar English list of the operations.
a note on the record
History and later legend
Much circulated under his name after his death, including the illustrated Ripley Scroll, which is not securely his.
the written record
Principal works
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written 1471; printed 1591
The Compound of Alchymy
The work in twelve gates, from calcination to projection, in verse.
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