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The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic text traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus. The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE—chiefly the Secret of…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Tablet | Ascribed to | Hermes Trismegistus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Authenticity | pseudepigraphical | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Compiled by | pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana; pseudo-Aristotle; Jabir ibn Hayyan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Date | late 8th or early 9th century CE (earliest Arabic recension) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Genre | Hermetica | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Language | Arabic; possibly from earlier Greek or Syriac | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Provenance | Islamicate world | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Sources | Book of the Secret of Creation Secret of Secrets Second Book of the Element of the Foundation Book of the Silvery Water and the Starry Earth vulgate | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | State of existence | extant in various medieval manuscripts | 1.00 | infobox |
| Emerald Tablet | Subject | cosmogony; possibly alchemy or talismanic magic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hortulanus interpreted it as a | instance of | Medieval commentators | 0.80 | text |
| putrefaction | instance of | Its illustrations depict symbolic operations | 0.80 | text |
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