title: The letters of John Dastin.
abstract: John Dastin, a noted alchemist who lived ca. 1300, followed the lead of many of his contemporaries and predecessors in using letters to propagate his views on alchemy. This article identifies a number of letters that Dastin wrote, and includes one text addressed to a cardinal of the city of Naples. This letter is virtually a copy of a work by Arnold of Villanova. I believe that other works ascribed to Dastin will also show a great dependence on Arnold's works.
authors.affiliation: St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321, USA. wtheisen@csbsju.edu
authors.forename: Wilfred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thiesen
mesh_terms: D000422:Alchemy; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049691:History, Medieval