| LC control no. | n 86862782 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Trismosin, Salomon |
| Variant(s) | Salomon, Trismosin Solomon, Trismosin Trismosin, Salomon (Legendary character) Trismosin, Solomon Trismosino, Salomone Trismosinus, Salmon Trismosinus, Salomon Trissimosino, Salomone Trissmosino, Salomone Trissmosinus, Salmon Triszmosinus, Salmon |
| Beginning date | 14 |
| Ending date | 15 |
| Associated country | Germany Holy Roman Empire |
| Field of activity | Alchemy |
| Profession or occupation | Alchemists |
| Found in | nuc86-99722: His Splendor solis, c1981 (hdg. on AzU rept.: Trismosin, Salomon; usage: Salomon Trismosin) García Avilés, Alejandro. Splendor solis, 2009: p. 155 (Salomon Trismosin; the text of the Splendor solis has been attributed to Salomon Trismosin, the master who taught Paracelsus) p. 157 (figure of legend; biographical particulars in the Aureum vellus, a compendium that included Splendor solis; supposed to have lived during 15th-16th centuries; supposed to have set off in 1473 on a journey to Ljubljana, Milan, and Venice, to acquire the secret knowledge that would give him mastery over the alchemical sciences; said to have arrived in Constantinople in 1521, where he met Paracelsus, made him his pupil, gave him the philosopher's stone that had been in his possession) p. 175 (in Aureum vellus, a compendium published in 1598 near Lake Constance, Salomon Trismosin is credited as the editor and translator of the entire compilation) p. 176 (no previous manuscript of the Aureum vellus had linked Salomon Trismosin to the work; the name itself also strongly suggests that we are dealing with a fictional character; Trismosin comes from the Greek tris (three) and mossyn (tower), evoking at the same time the name of Hermes Trismegistus (the thrice-great); the Splendor solis is now generally catalogued as an anonymous work; occasionally the "pseudo-Salomon Trismosin" is given as the author, or "pseudo-Trismosin") OCLC, 14 December 2015 (access points: Trismosin, Salomon, Trismosin, Salomon, pseud., Trismosin, Salomon, pseud.?, Trismosin, Salomon, fl. 1473, Trismosin, Salomon Alchemist, 15./16. Jh., Trismosin, Salomon, Ende 15. Jh./Anfang 16. Jh., Trismosin, Salomon, fl. Ende 15. Jh./Anfang 16.Jh., Trismosin, Salomon (145?-), Trismosin, Salomón, Trismosin, Solomon, Trismosinus, Salomon, Trissmosino, Salomone; usages: Salomon Trismosin, Solomon Trismosin, Salomone Trismosino, Salomone Trissimosino, Salomone Trissmosino, Salomón Trismosin; usages in notes: Salomon Trismosinus, Trissmosinus; notes: Trismosinus' fictitious autobiography from 1473; processes attributed to him & to other pseudonymous authors) DNB, 21 December 2015 (Trismosin, Salomon ca. Ende 15. Jh./Anfang 16.Jh.; other names: Triszmosinus, Salmon Trissmosinus, Salomon, Trismosinus, Salmon, Trissmosinus, Salomon; dates: ca. end of 15th century/beginning of 16th century; country: Germany; alchemist; putative author of the illuminated manuscript "Splendor Solis"; record ID number: 128850744) <http://d-nb.info/gnd/128850744> Grove art online, 14 December 2015: Alchemy (Salomon Trismosin) Roberts, Gareth. The mirror of alchemy, 1994: index, p. 128 (Solomon Trismosin (under "S")) Abraham, Lyndy. A dictionary of alchemical imagery, 1998: index, p. 248 (Trismosin, Salomon (fifteenth-sixteenth century)) The sixteenth century journal, Fall 2006, viewed online 17 December 2015: Feinstein, Sandy. "Horsing around : framing alchemy in the manuscript illustrations of the 'Splendor solis'," p. 673 (Salomon Trismosin, Solomon (sic) Trismosin) p. 698 (mythic alchemists include, no doubt, Salomon Trismosin, to whom authorship of Splendor solis is ascribed) |
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