The Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis, which is also known as the Stockholm Papyrus, dates from perhaps the 3rd or 4th Century A.D. and reports chemical recipes in use in Egypt sometime between the 1st and 3rd centuries A.D. It is written in ancient Greek. The Leyden papyrus X is from the same source and written by the same hand, and in chemically identical ink. This ink ties both to pages in the Greek Magical Papyri. The Stockholm papyrus has recipes for dying, coloring gemstones, cleaning (purifying) pearls, and imitation gold and silver.They allude to Demokristo (see Pseudo-Demikristo) the Greek Alchemist circa 100 AD. Zosimos of Panopolis provides similar recipes.

[edit] Sources

• Caley, E. R. (1926) “The Stockholm Papyrus : An English Translation with brief notes” Journal of Chemical Education IV:8 : 979-1002
• Lagercrantz, Otto (1913) "PAPYRUS GRAECUS HOLMIENSIS", Uppsala, Leipzig (Original German Translation)
• Long, Pam O (2004) "Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to the Renaissance" JHU Press ISBN 0801866065

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• Extract of document copied from Caley (1926)

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