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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464086203321

Titolo

Chymia [[electronic resource] ] : science and nature in medieval and early modern Europe / / edited by Miguel Lopez Perez, Didier Kahn and Mar Rey Bueno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-283-14180-9

1-4438-2607-3

9786613141804

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

López PérezMiguel

KahnDidier

Rey BuenoMar

Disciplina

540.112094

Soggetti

Alchemy - History - To 1500

Chemistry - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-460) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; QUESTIONS OF METHODOLOGY ABOUT PSEUDO-AVICENNA'S DE ANIMA IN ARTE ALCHEMIAE; THE JEWS AND ALCHEMY; THE DISPUTATIO SCOTI FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL SCOT (14TH CENTURY); LA THÉORIE PER MINIMA DANS LES TEXTES ALCHIMIQUES DES XIVE ET XVE SIÈCLES; THE TURBA PHILOSOPHORUM AND ITS FRENCH VERSION (15TH C.); PARACELSUS IN PANNONIA; MASTERS OF FIRE; FOOL'S SILVER; BEYOND PATRONAGE; THE SINGULARITY OF ALCHEMICAL EXPERIENCE; THE WORLD-SPIRIT AND QUINTESSENCE IN THE CHYMICAL PHILOSOPHY OF JOSEPH DU CHESNE

THE MAKING OF CHEMICAL MEDICINES IN VALENCIA DURING THE 16TH CENTURYI SALIFY, THEREFORE I CAN SEE AND TOUCH; SOME FORGOTTEN FEZ ALCHEMISTS AND THE LOSS OF THE PEÑON DE VÉLEZ DE LA GOMERA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; ISAAC HOLLANDUS REVISITED; NOVATORES OR ALCHEMISTS?; FONTENELLE, THE IDEA OF SCIENCE AND THE SPIRIT OF CHEMISTRY; "THE GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL



WORK"; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In September 2008, an international conference on the history of alchemy was held at El Escorial, close to the ancient location of the distilling houses operating under royal patronage during the second half of the 16th century. The present book consists