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75 results starting with “Q”

Quintessence

In alchemy and natural philosophy, the 'fifth element' or purest essence of a substance, believed to be the celestial matter of which the heavens are composed.

63 books · 1836 mentions

Two Treatises: On the Nature of Elements & On the Fifth EssenceThe Teachings of the Rosicrucians from the 16th and 17th Century. Or a simple ABC booklet for young students+1 more

Quicksilver (Mercury)

The liquid metal mercury, considered in alchemy to be one of the three primes (Tria Prima) representing the volatile principle and the spirit.

35 books · 865 mentions

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New Chemical LightMedical Letters, Volume One+1 more

Quartan fever

A form of malaria characterized by paroxysms that occur every fourth day, frequently discussed in early modern medical and astrological texts.

19 books · 217 mentions

Medical Letters, Volume OneMagia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)+1 more

Quintilian

A Roman rhetorician whose 'Institutio Oratoria' became a foundational text for Renaissance education and the development of humanist rhetorical theory.

18 books · 324 mentions

Pansophiae Prodromus (1638)Boethius: De Consolatione (1486)+1 more

Quicksilver

The common name for mercury, which in alchemy represented the volatile, feminine principle and was one of the three fundamental 'primes' of matter.

14 books · 172 mentions

Turba Philosophorum (1572 Basel)The Discovery of Witchcraft+1 more

Quadrant

An astronomical and navigational instrument used to measure altitudes and angular distances, essential to the observational work of Copernicus and Kepler.

11 books · 185 mentions

Divine Comedy with Landino Commentary (1487 Incunabulum)De Revolutionibus (1543 First Edition)+1 more

Quadrature

A geometric process involving the construction of a square with the same area as a given plane figure, such as a circle.

10 books · 139 mentions

Practical GeometryTetragonismus idest circuli quadratura per Campanum archimedem Syracusanum atque boetium mathematicae perspicacissimos adinuenta+1 more

Quiddity

A term in scholastic philosophy referring to the 'whatness' or essential nature of a thing, answering the question 'Quid est?' (What is it?). It was a central concept in medieval and Renaissance metaphysics for distinguishing between essence and existence.

9 books · 132 mentions

Boethius: De Consolatione (1486)Ioannis Pici Mirandulae Omnia Opera+1 more

Quaternary

9 books · 116 mentions

Complete Works of Plato, translated by Marsilio Ficino (1518)Aurora thesaurusque philosophorum+1 more

Queen of Sheba

A biblical monarch who visited King Solomon; in esoteric traditions, she represents the search for divine wisdom and the symbolic union of knowledge.

7 books · 99 mentions

Paracelsus: Complete Works (Latin)Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1609)+1 more

Quadrivium

The four liberal arts—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy—considered the mathematical path to understanding cosmic harmony.

7 books · 81 mentions

Eight Books on AstronomyBoethius: De Consolatione (1486)+1 more

Quadrature of the Circle

6 books · 134 mentions

Practical GeometryTetragonismus idest circuli quadratura per Campanum archimedem Syracusanum atque boetium mathematicae perspicacissimos adinuenta+1 more

Quintus Curtius

6 books · 92 mentions

Petrarch: Sonnets with Commentary (1519)Lomazzo: Trattato (1584 Milan)+1 more

Quadrants (Kendras)

6 books · 90 mentions

Kerala ChoothidamJataka Chandrika (Venkatesha Pandita)+1 more

Queen Christina of Sweden

5 books · 131 mentions

Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. I (Correspondance)Antiquae Musicae Auctores Septem (Graece et Latine)+1 more

Quadratures

5 books · 102 mentions

On the Revolutions of the Celestial SpheresDe Revolutionibus (1543 First Edition)+1 more

Quartation

5 books · 73 mentions

Musaeum Hermeticum (1677 Edition)Symbola aureae mensae duodecim nationum+1 more

Quality (Qualitas)

5 books · 72 mentions

Theologia platonica de immortalitate animorumEnneads (1580 Basel editio princeps)+1 more

Quicklime

5 books · 68 mentions

Magia Naturalis Libri XX (1607)The Great Art of Light and Shadow+1 more

Quercetanus (Joseph Duchesne)

4 books · 164 mentions

Miracula chymico-medica (with Sendivogius Novum Lumen)Alchymia Triumphans: Defense of Alchemy Against the Parisian Faculty+1 more

Quadratrix

4 books · 77 mentions

Harmonices Mundi (1619 First Edition)The Great Art of Light and Shadow+1 more

Quanzhou

4 books · 74 mentions

三才圖會(二十三)三才圖會(四十八)+1 more

Quantity

4 books · 73 mentions

Ramon Llull Ars Magna Generalis et Ultima (1517)E dialectice Petri Hispani . Ek tes dialektikes Petrou tou Ispanou . Ac praeterea Philosophorum Thomae, Boetii, Dexippi, Procli Diadochi, Mercurii Trismegisti, Magentini, Alexandri Aphrodisiensis, Alcinoi, et anonymi varia+1 more

Quintus Lucretius

4 books · 71 mentions

De mulieribus claris (1506 Venice edition)Les nobles et cleres dames (De claris mulieribus)+1 more

Quadrant (Kendra)

4 books · 53 mentions

SaravaliKerala Choothidam+1 more

Quindecagon

4 books · 49 mentions

Euclid: Elementa (1482 Ratdolt)Elementa (Elements)+1 more

Qizhou

3 books · 52 mentions

三才圖會(八十三)三才圖會(九十八)+1 more

Queen of Sweden

3 books · 49 mentions

A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry MoreThe Most Excellent Hugo Grotius His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War and Peace+1 more

Quirinius

3 books · 47 mentions

Four Little TreatisesMonumenta Sacra Inedita (Tischendorf)+1 more

Qi (Vital Energy)

3 books · 46 mentions

道藏精华 (Daozang Jinghua - Essence of Taoist Canon)本草綱目·卷四十九+1 more

Quaternions

3 books · 37 mentions

De originibus, seu de Varia historia totius OrientisIambichus liber primus+1 more

Quiddities

3 books · 36 mentions

On the Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences and ArtsThe True Intellectual System of the Universe+1 more

quadrants

3 books · 33 mentions

On the Revolutions of the Celestial SpheresDe Revolutionibus (1543 First Edition)+1 more

Quirinal garden

3 books · 33 mentions

The Great Art of Light and ShadowMusurgia universalis Tomus II+1 more

Quartan Fevers

3 books · 24 mentions

Plato: Complete Works (Ficino Translation)Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim)+1 more

Queen Esther

2 books · 79 mentions

Splendor Solis: The Splendour of the SunLes sept méditations de Sainte Thérèse sur le Pater

Quirinus

2 books · 68 mentions

Echo colloquii Rhodostaurotici, das ist: Wider-SchallColloquium Rhodostauroticum. Das ist: Gespräch dreyer Personen, von der vor wenig Jahren, durch die Famam & Confessionem etlicher massen geoffenbarten Fraternitet dess Rosen Creutzes

Qinzhou

2 books · 48 mentions

三才圖會(一百)三才圖會(一百三)

Quadrants and Trines

2 books · 48 mentions

Kerala ChoothidamPrashna Bhairava

Qin Prefecture

2 books · 45 mentions

三才圖會(一百)三才圖會(一百二)

Quietism

2 books · 43 mentions

The mirror of simple soulsRecueil de divers traitez de theologie mystique

Qiu Chuji

2 books · 42 mentions

道藏 (Daozang - Taoist Canon)道藏精华 (Daozang Jinghua - Essence of Taoist Canon)

Qianlong Emperor

2 books · 42 mentions

Four Books of Confucius - Analects, Great Learning, Doctrine of Mean, Mencius御製耕織圖 (Yu Zhi Gengzhi Tu: Imperial Pictures of Tilling and Weaving)

Qianzhong

2 books · 40 mentions

三才圖會(九十九)植物名實圖考(四)

Quintus Hortensius

2 books · 39 mentions

De mulieribus claris (1506 Venice edition)Von etlichen frowen (c.1474 Ulm - German translation)

Quintessences

2 books · 39 mentions

Musurgia Universalis (Universal Music)The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies

Queen Mary

2 books · 36 mentions

Sylva Sylvarum (1631 English edition)Alchemical Writings (Stone of Philosophers)

Quicksilver (argentum vivum)

2 books · 33 mentions

Turba Philosophorum (1572 Basel)Codicillus seu vade mecum

Queen of the South

2 books · 33 mentions

A Christian and Heavenly Treatise: Containing Medicine for the SoulGreek New Testament (Tischendorf Critical Edition)+1 more

Quinsy

2 books · 32 mentions

Conciliator Differentiarum Philosophorum et MedicorumThe De la Cruz-Badiano Aztec Herbal of 1552

Quintessence of Sulfur

2 books · 31 mentions

De Restituta utriusque medicinae vera praxiNew Light of Alchemy (with Paracelsus)

Queens

2 books · 29 mentions

Introduction to Primitive Cabalistic ScienceLiber Nativitatum et Centiloquium Divi Hermetis

Quakers

2 books · 26 mentions

Historical-Theological Considerations of Remarkable Truths[Greek: Eukleria] oder Erwahlung des besten Theils

Quinta Essentia (Fifth Essence)

2 books · 26 mentions

Two Treatises: On the Nature of Elements & On the Fifth EssenceAlchymia Triumphans: Defense of Alchemy Against the Parisian Faculty+1 more

Quadratures of the Moon

2 books · 26 mentions

De Triplici vitaKircher: Turris Babel (1679)

Quinary

2 books · 26 mentions

Three Books of Occult Philosophy (1533 Latin)Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Qin Guan

2 books · 26 mentions

Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica) Vol. 7三才圖會(五十一)

Qin

2 books · 24 mentions

武備志(五十一)武備志(六十四)

Quantity (Quantitas)

2 books · 23 mentions

Theologia platonica de immortalitate animorumEnneads (1580 Basel editio princeps)

Qilin

2 books · 23 mentions

三才圖會(六十三)新刻出像增補搜神記