ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLS AS SECRET CODE · Unveiling the Secrets ...
Two columns of the alchemical symbols and their description in Greek, as laid out in the Codex, follow. On the right page is Berthelot''s translation of the Greek for the column of symbols. The first line is gold, line 8 is silver (argent) and the last line is lead. Some of the symbols indicate the chemical properties of metals they denote.