Instead, it is code only in the sense that the modern reader needs to be versed in the calligraphic and linguistic rules to be able to translate and read the texts. The manuscript is not encrypted, in the sense that its author made an effort to conceal the contents of the manuscript, as has been presumed by some scholars. The writing system uses symbols, punctuation, grammar and language that are each unique. This paper provides the solution to understanding the hitherto unknown writing system used for the manuscript listed as MS 408 at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. ![]() Standing at the very core of Croll’s system, the concept was intimately related to the notion of the Word of God, which gave the foundation of his quest for the universal medicine. ![]() The present article aims to shed a new light on Croll’s philosophy, by focusing on the concept of “seeds” (semina), so important in this Severinian trend of Paracelsianism to which he belonged. Severinus’s "Idea medicinae" (Basel, 1571) and his follower Joseph Du Chesne’s (1546-1609) "Ad veritatem hermeticae medicinae" (Paris, 1604), fundamental to the genesis of his system, have been largely neglected. Past studies devoted to Croll, however, have not been much successful in locating his philosophy among various trends of Paracelsianism. His work, elaborated under the strong influence of the Danish Petrus Severinus (1540/42-1609), enjoyed an enormous success. Croll occupied a singular place in the Paracelsian movement. 1560-1608) settled in Prague until his death and frequented the court of Rudolf II, where he composed his masterpiece, "Basilica chymica" (Frankfurt, 1609). ![]() Under a political mission of the radical Calvinist prince Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg, Oswald Croll (ca.
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