Holy Alchemists, Metallurgists, and Pharmacists: The Material Evidence for British Monastic Chemistry

The history of alchemy has relied primarily on textual evidence with few studies of pictorial sources, and even fewer focusing on the material culture of alchemical practice. Building upon the small body of work in this area and applying it to monastic sites this paper analyses twenty-three assembla...

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Main Author: Booth, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols [2017]
In: The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Pages: 195-215
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
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