Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

NEUVE (c. 1235–1313)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 625 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

NEUVE (c. 1235–1313) , alchemist, astrologer and physician, appears to have been of See also:Spanish origin, and to have studied See also:chemistry, See also:medicine, physics, and also Arabian See also:philosophy. After having lived at the See also:court of See also:Aragon, he went to See also:Paris, where he gained a considerable reputation; but he incurred the enmity of the ecclesiastics and was forced to flee, finally finding an See also:asylum in See also:Sicily. About 1313 he was summoned to See also:Avignon by See also:Pope See also:Clement V., who was See also:ill, but he died on the voyage. Many alchemical writings, including See also:Thesaurus Thesaurorum or Rosarius Philosophorum, Novum Lumen, Flos Florum, and See also:Speculum Alchimiae, are ascribed to him, but they are of very doubtful authenticity. Collected See also:editions of them were published at See also:Lyons in 1504 and 1532 (with. a See also:biography by Symphorianus Campegius), at See also:Basel in 1585, at See also:Frankfort in 1603, and at Lyons in 1686. He is also the reputed author of various medical See also:works, including Breviarium Practicae. See J. B. See also:Haureau in the Histoire litteraire de la See also:France (1881), vol. 28; E. See also:Lalande, See also:Arnaud de See also:Villeneuve, sa See also:vie et ses oeuvres (Paris, 1896).

A See also:

list of writings is given by J. See also:Ferguson in his Bibliotheca Chemica (1906). See also U. See also:Chevalier, Repertoire See also:des See also:sources hist., &c., Bio-bibliographie (Paris, 1903).

End of Article: NEUVE (c. 1235–1313)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
NEUTRALITY 		[next]
NEUVILLE, ALPHONSE MARIE DE (1836-1885)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries