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Chronology
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Chronology
Dates and the kinds of evidence they represent
Date: 1589 Record: Visitor narrative in the Delle discourse Status for this edition: Internal reported event, not independently corroborated here
Date: May 1631 Record: Date attached to a Hermetic judgement in J. J. F. Status for this edition: Internal date of a compiled item
Date: 1682 Record: German collection; preface dated 12 September at Heidelberg Status for this edition: Governing printed witness; preface place is not assumed imprint place
Date: 1694 Record: Low Dutch publication stated by the 1696 English title Status for this edition: Transmission statement; Dutch text not collated here
Date: 1696 Record: London English printing for J. Harris Status for this edition: Later comparison witness with different introductory material
Date: 1951 Record: The Epistles of Ali Puli, English by J. W. Hamilton-Jones Status for this edition: Later collection identified from Warburg catalogue; not copytext
Date: 2012 Record: Vera Keller’s historical study Status for this edition: Modern attribution research
Date: 2026 Record: Diotimos translation and supporting apparatus Status for this edition: Complete historical reading text with the supplied passage restored
The dates in the first two rows are claims inside the transmitted texts. The chronology distinguishes them from publication dates and from modern scholarship.
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The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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The historical German source text and engraving are in the public domain. The English translation and editorial material were prepared with AI assistance for Diotimos Editions in 2026, with a supplied translation and sign commentary identified separately, and are published with the site owner’s authorization.