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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Disciplina: 540.112094
• Soggetto topico: Alchemy - History - To 1500; Chemistry - History - To 1500
• Altri autori: Lopez PerezMiguel KahnDidier Rey BuenoMar
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Chymia
• ISBN: 1-283-14180-9; 1-4438-2607-3; 9786613141804
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815620703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II