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| Keywords: Basil Valentine 1671 The Third Key p 239 AQ28 (1).TIF Basil Valentine The Third Key Illustration from Basilius Valentinus The last vvill and testament of Basil Valentine monke of the Order of St Bennet which being alone he hid under a table of marble behind the high-altar of the cathedral church in the imperial city of Erford leaving it there to be found by him whom Gods providence should make worthy of it to which is added two treatises the first declaring his manual operations the second shewing things natural and supernatural never before published in English London Printed by S G and B G for Edward Brewster 1671 p 239 Basil Valentine in his writings provided twelve keys a widely reproduced sequence of alchemical operations encoded allegorically both in words and in images The images were essential to the communication and had to depict the same scene regardless of the artistry http //othmerlib chemheritage org/record b1033906~S6 Catalog Information From the copy in the Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence Initiative Chemical Heritage Foundation http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation 1671 PD-old-100-1923 PD-1923 cc-by-3 0 Chemical Heritage Foundation Images from the Chemical Heritage Foundation Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine | ||||