Triumphal Chariot of Antimony

Valentine, Basil.The triumphal chariot of antimony / Basil Valentine with the commentary of Theodore Kerckringius. Edited by Arthur Edward Waite and Joseph Bouleur. Edmonds (WA) Alchemical Press, 1992. 105p. 

Valentine, Basil. The triumphal chariot of Antimony by Basilius Valentinus. [Richardson (TX)] R.A.M.S., n.d. 177p. 

Valentine, Basil. Triumphal chariot of antimony, by Basil Valentine with the annotations of Theodore Kirkringus froml678. rhttp //www.alchemvlab.com/triumphal chariot.html. 

Principe, Lawrence M. The triumphal chariot reexamined a study and chemical evaluation of Basil Valentine s Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, s.l. L.M. Principe, 1983. xvi, 267, [2] 1. 

I would like to make a comment about the Vinegar of Sb2S3 The experiment procedure that was chosen is found on page 171 of Waite s translation of The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony"... 

Basil Valentine, The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony (Leipzig, 1604 English translation, 1660, The British Library Collection). 

Valentine, Basil. The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. London, 1685. Vallee, Jacques. The Invisible College. New York Dutton, 1975. 

In the "Dedicatory Epistle" to his Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, Basil Valentine addresses his brother alchemists as follows —... 

Sasilius Valentinus. Although the collection of chemical writings attributed to the fifteenth-century Benedictine monk, Basilius Valentinus, contains this alleged portrait, there is no conclusive evidence that such a person ever lived. Although the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony and other writings commonly attributed to him are much too modem for the fifteenth century, they are nevertheless of great historical value. 

Since the alchemists considered natural antimony minerals to be the most suitable raw material for the transmutation of metals into gold, alchemical literature abounds in references to antimony (65). The most famous of the early monographs on this element is the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, which first appeared in 1604, in German. Johann Tholde, operator of a saltworks in Frankenhausen, Thuringia, the editor of this work, claimed that it had been written by a fifteenth-century Benedictine monk, Basilius Valentinus (3, 6). Since no conclusive evidence of the existence of this monk has been unearthed, and since the literary style... 

The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony by Pseudo-Basilius Valentinus is published. 

Through their proper combinations and manipulation, anything can be made to yield its spiritualized essence. Holland describes them as keys to unlock matter. In his commentary to Basil Valentine s "Triumphal Chariot of Antimony," Dr. Theodor Kerkring says ... 

Cockren had read The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony by Basil Valentine, a strange figure whose true identity lies hidden in the alchemical legends of the 15lh and 16th centuries. Valentine is credited with the discovery of the element anti-... 

As for the last part of our three causes of inspiration, prayer, Kirchringius, in his commentary on Basil Valentine s Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, tells us, regarding enigmatical writings, such as these Hermetic treatises may well be called, that " if you burn with a great desire of knowing them, that is prayer." And while this need not be taken as a complete definition, it would seem that the reader who has persevered thus far with us has, in some measure at least, fulfilled all three conditions. 

In his book entitled The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony Basil gives instructions for the preparation of the Fire-stone, an inferior type of Philosopher s stone which would transmute silver into gold, but could not change iron or copper, whereas the true Philosopher s stone was all-powerful. After devoting several pages to the process he naively ends up by the words I have tola you enough and if, after all that has been said, you do not discover the secret, it will not be my fault. To use an army term, Basil was an adept at passing the buck . 

The best evidence indicates that Basil Valentine (the Valiant King, a Benedictine cleric monk said to be born in 1394) never existed. Books attributed to him such as the ever-popular Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, first published in 1604, are generally attributed to the publisher Johann Tholde who, in turn, had perhaps improved upon earlier manuscripts that had come into his hands. Nevertheless, they contain interesting images and even some useful information. 

Fevre was much taken with medicinal antimony and particularly with its purification and fixation (as the calx) by the sun." He too noted the increase in weight upon calcination. The book Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, first published in 1604 and attributed to the legendary Benedictine Monk, Basil Valentine, used this flashy, Hollywood-like title to strike a blow for antimony in this long and passionate debate. For a modern encore, we eagerly await the movie version starring Charlton Heston as the chariot-driver. 

J This book has been translated into English The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, by Basilius Valentinus, traiislateil by Theo. Kerckringius James Elliot Sc Co., London, 1893. It has also been trauslati-d into Latin by an unknown author under tlie title Currus trhmphalis antimonii. 

The following quotation from Basil Valentine s Triumphal Chariot of Antimony is from the Latin version published at Amsterdam in 1685, and translated into English and published by James Elliott Co., Falcon Court, Fleet Street, E.C., in 1893. 

A more specialized textbook was produced in 1604 by a German publisher named Johaim Tholde (concerning whom nothing is otherwise known). He ascribed the book to a medieval monk named Basil Valentine, but it seems almost certain that the name was a pseudonym for himself. The book, entitled The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, dealt with the medicinal uses of this metal and the compounds derived from it. 

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