Asclepius
Asclepius is the Latin translation of an original Greek treatise of second or third century, entitled Logos teleios and sometimes mistakenly included among the works of Apuleius (second century).
BPHV raccoglie testi significativi del sapere medievale e rinascimentale,
nelle versioni occidentali ed orientali, secondo una duplice organizzazione:
a) geografica, dove l'accento è posto sul rapporto tra i centri in cui il sapere si sviluppa e si irradia verso le periferie:
b) tematica:
Corpus Hermeticum
The dialogues on philosophical topics, which were attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, and were composed between the 1st century and the 2nd century AD, were brought together in the Corpus Hermeticum by the Byzantine scholar Michael Psellos.
Crater Hermetis
The De summa hominis dignitate dialogus qui inscribitur Via Christi et Crater Hermetis is a philosophical dialogue witten in prosimeter.
Lazzarelli plays the role of teacher and prophet. He shows his disciples, through a hermetic and Christian path, how to reach happiness and salvation.
Kyranides
The Kyranides describe, in alphabetical order, the magical healing powers of plants, animals, stones and their secret relationship.
Liber de sex rerum principiis
The book is divided into seven parts preceded by a prologue, in which the legend of the three Hermes, dating back to the philosopher Albumasar, is narrated.
Liber de virtutibus herbarum decem et novem
The Liber de virtutibus herbarum consists of a treatise about zodiacal signs and the seven planets, connected to medical plants, described by Jonathan Smith as "one of the most precious texts for an understanding of the religious life of Late Antiquity".
Liber viginti quattuor philosophorum
The Liber viginti quattuor philosophorum is an apocryphal of the hermetic tradition, written in the second half of the twelfth century and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus.
Tabula smaragdina
There is a legend according to which Hermes carved a text of wisdom with the tip of a diamond on an emerald tablet.