Adrian von Mynsicht Otherwise known as Henricus or Hinricus Madathanus, Adrian Seumenicht or Sümenicht, Hadrianus a Mynsicht, Hadrianus a Munsicht, Hadrian Mynsicht; it has been suggested (here , German language) that the real name was Adrian Seumenicht, with Hadrianus a Munsicht derived as anagram (1603–1638) was a German alchemist. He is best known for the allegorical work Aureum Saeculum Redivivum (The Golden Age Restored),The Golden Age Restored (described here). published under the pseudonym Henricus Madathanus, and usually dated to 1621/2. It was soon reprinted in collections, the Musaeum Hermeticum and the Dyas Chymica Tripartita, both 1625 (Frankfurt, same publisher).
He also wrote the Thesaurus et Armamentarium Medico-Chymicum (1631), a medical work which details remedies against certain diseases, concluding with a testaments on the philosopher's stone.A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases was the subtitle of the English translation ; Mynsicht was said in the latter part of a short life to have been a physician.
Works Hadriani a Mynsicht Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum. - Lubecae : Schernwebel / Schmalherz, 1638. digital edition Hadriani a Mynsicht Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum : in quo selectissimorum contra quosuis morbos pharmacorum conficiendorum secretissima ratio aperitur, una cum eorundem virtute, usu, & dosi. - Lugduni : Huguetan, 1645 digital edition Hadriani a Mynsicht alias Tribudenii Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum. - Lubecae : Schernwebel, 1646. digital edition Hadriani a Mynsicht Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum. - Rothomagi : Berthelin, 1651. digital edition Hadriani a Mynsicht Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum. - Lubecae : A. J. Becker / Schmalherz, 1662. digital edition Hadriani a Mynsicht Thesaurus et armamentarium medico-chymicum : hoc est selectissimorum, contra quosvis morbos, pharmacorum conficiendorum secretissima ratio, propria laborum experientia, multiplici & felicissima praxi confirmata, & nunc una cum remediorum virtute, usu, & dosi, doctrinae, & sapietiae filiis fideliter revelata & communicata. - Francofurti : Wust, 1675. digital edition Adriani a Mynsicht Medicinisch-chymische Schatz- und Rüst-Kammer. - Stuttgart : Zubrodt / Lorber, 1686. digital edition Adriani a Mynsicht Medicinisch-chymische Schatz- und Rüst-Kammer [Adrian of Mynsicht's medical-chemical Treasury and Armoury]. - Offenbach a.M. : Brunn & Metzler, 1695. digital edition
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