The Summa Perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber: A Critical Edition, Translation and StudyBRILL, 1991 - Всего страниц: 785 Alchemy was a subject of no small controversy in the Middle Ages. To some scholastics, alchemy seemed to arrogate the power of divinity itself in its claim that man could replicate the products of nature by means of art; others viewed alchemy as a pure technology, unworthy of inclusion in a curriculum devoted to the study of "scientiae," The "Summa perfectionis" of Pseudo-Geber, written around the end of the 13th century as a defense of the art, became 'the Bible of the medieval alchemists, 'and was still being used as late as the 17th century. The present work contains a critical edition, annotated translation, and commentary of the "Summa," |
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the Defense of Art | 1 |
Introduction to the Geber Problem | 57 |
The Mineral Science of Paul of Taranto | 109 |
The Matter Theory of Geber | 143 |
The Influence of the Summa perfectionis | 193 |
The Alchemical Sources of Paul of Taranto | 214 |
The Manuscript Tradition of the Summa perfectionis | 227 |
Critical Latin Text of the Summa perfectionis | 248 |
Annotated English Translation of | 625 |
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