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c.1288-c.1334)[2] was an English alchemist of the fourteenth century. Nothing is known of his life beyond the texts which are attributed to him (A biographical notice De vita, aetate ac scripsis Johannis Dastin is found in a 17th-century manuscript: Ms Oxford, Bold. Libr., Ashmol. 1445, VIII, fol. 53).[3] Dastin is known for correspondence with Pope John XXII and Cardinal Napoleone Orsini in defense of alchemical practice, dated to 1320. Work attributed to Dastin was included in the 1625 Harmoniae imperscrutabilis Chymico-Philosophicae of Hermannus Condeesyanus,[4] the 1629 Fasciculus Chemicus of Arthur Dee, and the 1652 Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum of Elias Ashmole. Contents [hide] 1 Works 1.1 Letter to John XXII 1.2 Rosarius 1.3 Visio 2 Notes 3 Manuscripts 4 References 5 External links Works[edit] Letter to John XXII[edit] Dastin argues that artificial transmutation into gold with the help of sulphur of mercury (argent vive) is equivalent to natural transformation. Furthermore, that "art imitates nature, and in certain respects corrects and surpasses it just as infirm nature is changed by the industry of medicine." [5] Rosarius[edit] The Rosarius Philosophorum, also known by its incipit Desiderabile desiderium (t he desired desire). The Rosarium is known in manuscript[6] and was printed in 1702 by Jean-Jacques Manget in his Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa. It was also attributed to Dastin's contemporary Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1238-131 1 or 1313) and translated into French under the title La Vraie Pratique de la noble science d'alchimie. Later still it was attributed to Nicolas Flamel under the title The Book of Washing. Visio[edit] In manuscripts, this text was often associated with the Visio Edwardi. It was

printed for the first time in 1625 under the title Visio Ioannis Dastin,[7] and translated into English in 1652 in the Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum of Elias Ashmole as Dastin's Dreame. Notes[edit] 1. ^ Also Dastine, Dastyn, Daustin, Johannes Dastinus. Also given in the forms Joannes Dacius, and (according to Lynn Thorndike) Johannes de Vasconia. 2. ^ http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007184/ 3. ^ Noted by Wilfred Theisen John Dastin's Letter on the Philosophers' StoneAmbix 1986, vol. 33, no2-3, pp. 78-87 (p.86 n. 3) cited by Pascale Barthlemy et Didier Kahn Les voyages d'une allgorie alchimique : de la Visio Edwardi l'Oeuvre royalle de Charles VI in Comprendre et matriser la nature au Moyen Age. Mlanges d'histoire des sciences offerts Guy Beaujouan, Genve-Paris / 1994 [1] 4. ^ The Visio super artem Alchemicam. 5. ^ Nam ars imitatur naturam et in quidam corrigit et superat eam, sicut mutatur natura in rma medicorum industria, cited by Barbara Obrist, Art et nature dans lalchimie mdivale. Revue dHistoire des Sciences, 1986, 49, p. 254 [2] 6. ^ For example from 1525,[3]; other 16th century sources, [4]. 7. ^ Harmoniae Chymico-Philosophicae decade II, collecta studio Johannis Rhenani, Francfort. 1625 pp.301-308 Manuscripts[edit] Tractatus Joannis Dastin. Cum gauderent uti breuitate Cambridge, Trinity College MS. O.8.36. Inc. Ep. Johannis Dastine ad papam Johannem xxii transmissa de alkimia and Visio Joh. Dastin Cambridge, Trinity College MS. O.2.18. 14th and 15th centuries. Tractatus Alchemici. De erroribus J. Dastin - British Library MS. Egerton 845. 15th century. References[edit] Entry in Concise Dictionary of National Biography Lynn Thorndike A history of magic and experimental science 1934, Template:Vol.3, pp. 85102 C.H. Josten The text of John Dastin's 'Letter to Pope John XXII Ambix, 4:1 & 2 ( 1949), 34-51 Wilfred Theisen John Dastin's Letter on the Philosophers' StoneAmbix 1986, Template:Vol.33, no2-3, pp. 7887 Wilfred Theisen John Dastin : the Alchemist as Co-Creator Ambix 1991, Template:V ol.38,

no2, pp. 7378 Wilfred Theisen The Letters of John Dastin. Ambix, 55:2 (2008), 153-68 rsum Wilfred Theisen John Dastin's alchemical vision Ambix 1999, Template:Vol.46, no2 , pp. 6572 rsum John Dastin's Alchemical Dream Kessinger Publishing, 2005 Pascale Barthlemy et Didier Kahn Les voyages d'une allgorie alchimique : de la Visio Edwardi l'Oeuvre royalle de Charles VI in Comprendre et matriser la nature au Moyen Age. Mlanges d'histoire des sciences offerts Guy Beaujouan, Genve-Paris / 1994 [5] External links[edit] John Dastin's Dream: online text Categories: 14th-century birthsEnglish alchemists Navigation menu Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Toolbox Print/export Languages

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