Melchior Cibinensis was a Hungarian [1] alchemical writer active in the first part of the 16th century. He is known for the Processus sub forma missae, an alchemical mass, [2] now dated to around 1525; it was published in the Theatrum Chemicum of 1602, and formed part of a celebrated later collection Symbola Aureae Mensae from 1617 of Michael Maier. [3]
The identity of Melchior is still a subject of debate. The candidate proposed by Carl Jung was Nicolas Melchior Szebeni. [4] This Nicolas was chaplain and from 1490 court astrologer to Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary to whom the Processus was dedicated. [5] It has more recently been proposed that Melchior was a pseudonym of Nicolaus Olahus. [6] Another name given is Menyhért Miklós. [7]
Melchior Cibinensis was a Hungarian [1] alchemical writer active in the first part of the 16th century. He is known for the Processus sub forma missae, an alchemical mass, [2] now dated to around 1525; it was published in the Theatrum Chemicum of 1602, and formed part of a celebrated later collection Symbola Aureae Mensae from 1617 of Michael Maier. [3]
The identity of Melchior is still a subject of debate. The candidate proposed by Carl Jung was Nicolas Melchior Szebeni. [4] This Nicolas was chaplain and from 1490 court astrologer to Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary to whom the Processus was dedicated. [5] It has more recently been proposed that Melchior was a pseudonym of Nicolaus Olahus. [6] Another name given is Menyhért Miklós. [7]