Johann Grasshoff (or Grasshof, Grasse) (c.1560 – 1623) was a

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

n jurist, and

alchemical Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, ...

writer. He is recorded also as a medical advisor to

Ernest of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria (german: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. He was also bishop ...

, a Syndic, and an Episcopal counselor. His writings include the ''Aperta Arca arcani artificiosissimi'' (1617). and a ''Cabala Chymica'' (1658). The compilation of the 1625 ''Dyas chymica tripartita'' is also attributed to him; it includes ''The Golden Age Restored'' of

Henricus Madathanus Adrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638) was a German alchemist. He is best known for the allegorical As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interprete ...

, ''The Book of Lambspring'', of

Nicolas Barnaud Nicolas Barnaud (1538–1604) was a French Protestant writer, physician and alchemist, from Crest, in Dauphiné, from which he took the name Delphinas (or Delphinus). He was a member of the Monarchomaques. He is associated with a number of myster ...

, and the ''Book of Alze''.

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