Chapter 3

Fifteenth Century.--Pretended Antiquity of the Art.--Geber.--Alfarabi.--Avicenna.--Albertus Magnus.--Thomas Aquinas.--Artephius.--Alain de Lisle.--Arnold de Villeneuve.--Pietro d'Apone.--Raymond Lulli.--Roger Bacon.--Pope John XXII.--Jean de Meung.--Nicholas Flamel.--George Ripley.--Basil Valentine.--Bernard of Treves.--Trithemius.--The Marechal de Rays.--Jacques Coeur.--Inferior Adepts.