The REAL Nicolas Flamel |
 Oct 4 2005, 10:50 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall  Posts: 15 Joined: 8:17am July 15, 2005 Location: a windowless existance called grad school  |
Browsing my university's rare book holdings online, I came across this title in the department of chemsitry:
FLAMEL, NICOLAS (1330 - 1417). His Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures - His Secret Booke of the Blessed Stone called the Philosopher's. London, 1624 He actually wrote a book on the Philosopher's Stone! The website also has scans of the title pages. Check it out! http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/%7Emainzv/exhibit/flamel.htm -------------------- "This is how it is - this is why you're not in the Order - you don't understand - there are things worth dying for!"
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Oct 6 2005, 07:12 AM
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Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes' best customer Posts: 1,014 Joined: 7:36am August 18, 2005 Location: Australia |
That's amazing. Good info, SnitchSeeker
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Oct 6 2005, 08:46 AM
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Searching for the 'Invisible Book of Invisibility' Posts: 590 Joined: 8:44pm January 4, 2005 Location: Tossing garden gnomes  |
Oooooh, I hadn't seen the book facsimiles before! Thanks!
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Oct 14 2005, 04:49 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 80 Joined: 9:12pm October 9, 2005 Location: Slytherin Common Room |
Yeah, JK tends to surprise us all with people that actually existed. For example, I believe there was a St. Godric who existed and of which she extrapolated information from to write up Gryffindor.
Nice book by Flamel though. --------------------  |
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Oct 15 2005, 10:58 PM
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Webmaster of the HP Lexicon Posts: 59 Joined: 1:04pm January 4, 2005 |
Actually, any connection between a historical Godric (saints or otherwise) and Godric Gryffindor/Godric's Hollow is conjecture. Jo has made no statement saying where she got the name or the details, such as they are.
In fact, there is a castle quite near where Jo grew up called Goodrich Castle. It was known hundreds of years ago as Godric's Castle, and there is a ford nearby where two lovers drowned. The two are now said to haunt the castle. I was sent an article about Goodrich/Godric's Castle along with the statement that this was clearly the inspiration for Godric's Hollow etc. It sure sounded likely, especially given that the castle would have been known to Jo. But when I checked to verify this, I was informed that no, the castle was in no way an inspiration for Godric's hollow or anything like that. I say all that because I am probably the worst one when it comes to seeing connections for things in the books. Check out my entry for Dawlish in the Lexicon for a classic example. And in the end, even the most "obvious" connections might very well not be true. Unless Jo says it, it can't be considered correct. Now if Jo did say that somewhere along the line, I stand corrected. Steve The Lexicon |
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Jan 11 2006, 10:17 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 13 Joined: 8:03pm January 10, 2006 |
That is VERRY interesting! Thanks.
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Jan 14 2006, 01:23 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 1 Joined: 1:08pm January 14, 2006 |
Nicolas Flamel was also a Son Of Sion as was Leonardo Da Vinci (see The Da Vinci Code) Dulamon (alias Phooka)
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Jan 14 2006, 02:53 PM
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Quality Quidditch Supplies Test-Flyer Posts: 1,283 Joined: 4:05am September 25, 2005 Location: Submitting an application at Weasleys Wizarding Weezes |
 thats amazing, thanks for sharing SnitchSeeker.
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