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RefNoEL/G1/38
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Armand de Gerard to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorGerard; Armand de (fl 1673); Canon of Sarlat in Prigord
Date22 October 1673
DescriptionSends a figure of the philosophical tree of Raymond Lull (c 1235-1315) which he describes (figure not attached). The tree was used to analyse the problems and concepts of medicine. Lists the names of authors of alchemical works and discusses the door of his cathedral at Sarlat in the Dordogne because it has the figures of ten pagan gods
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', edited and translated by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 398
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fa4222cf-edc3-4470-989d-9c9fb598cdb3
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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