Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis
The Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis, which is also known as the Stockholm Papyrus, dates from c. 300 AD and contains craft recipes written in Demotic Greek. The Stockholm papyrus has 154 recipes for dyeing, coloring gemstones, cleaning (purifying) pearls, and imitation gold and silver.[1] Certain of them may derive from the Pseudo-Demikristo. Zosimos of Panopolis, a Greek Alchemist of c. 100 AD, gives similar recipes. Translations of certain of these recipes are found in mediaeval Latin collections of technological recipes, notably the Mappae clavicula.
The Leyden papyrus X derives from the same (or very similar) sources, and is written in a similar (possibly the same) hand.[2]
References
- ↑ Caley, E. R. (1927) “The Stockholm Papyrus : An English Translation with brief notes” Journal of Chemical Education IV:8 : 979-1002.
- ↑ "Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
Sources
- Caley, E. R. (1927) “The Stockholm Papyrus : An English Translation with brief notes” Journal of Chemical Education IV:8 : 979-1002.
- Lagercrantz, Otto (1913) Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis, Uppsala: Almquist and Wiksells (Edition and German Translation).
External links
- English translation of the recipes by Caley (1927)
- "Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis". World Digital Library.
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