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1614 Rosicrucian manifesto
Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis is an anonymous Rosicrucian manifesto published circa 1610 in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel. In 1652, Thomas Vaughan translated the work into English. An Italian edition was published as an appendix of the 77th Advertisement (part), under the title Generale Riforma dell' Universo, from a German translation of Bocallini's Ragguagli di Parnasso. The Fama was soon published in a separate form. Wikipedia →
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- 📕An interpretation of the Fama fraternitatis with respect to Dee's Monas hieroglyphicaT. M. Luhrmann · 1986
Sendtschreiben, oder, Einfeltige Antwort an die hocherleuchte Brüderschafft dess hochlöblichen Ordens dess Rosencreutzes · 1615- 📕Wolmeinendes Bedencken von der Fama ond Confession der Brüderschafft dess Rosen Creutzes..Andreas Libavius · 1616
Wolmeinendes Bedencken, von der Fama vnd Confession der Brüderschafft dess Rosen CreutzesAndreas Libavius · 1616
Einfältige vnd kurtze Antwort vber die aussgegangene Fame vnd Confession der Christlichen hocherleuchteten Brüderschafft des löblichen Ordens vom Rosen Creutz · 1615
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