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Greek Alchemy from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity

By E. Nikolaidēs

Book information

Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Year
2018
ISBN
2503581919, 9782503581910
Language
englishfrench
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5639924 bytes)
Series
De Diversis Artibus, 104(67)
Edition
Bilingual
Pages
198\200
Time added
2023-03-16 23:07:37

Description

What do we really know about Greek alchemy throughout the ages? Certain periods, such as the Byzantine and post-Byzantine, have been somewhat overlooked. This volume engages in the effort to shed light on certain aspects of Greek Alchemy from the 1st century CE to the 18th century, discussing and presenting relative sources, as well as the reception, transformation and use of this 'art'. The book also examines newly discovered manuscripts and offers a commented translation of Stephanos of Alexandria's prayers. Furthermore, to better understand the material aspect of alchemy, it addresses the expectations and problems of laboratory replication and chemical explanation of early alchemical processes, and presents educational activities that use historical texts for the reconstruction of apparatuses in the school laboratory in secondary education.

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