We are happy to announce not only one, but two new contributions to our website. Das Einhorn und die Alchemie: Kristofer Schliephake explores the mythical unicorn and its depiction, as well as its meaning in an alchemical context, especially referring to the late medieval emblem book Lambspring. A ferocious beast, a symbol for quicksilver, a […]
Der Sammelband zum internationalen Symposium „Alchemische Labore: Texte, Praktiken und materielle Hinterlassenschaften“ (Februar 2020 in Wien und Oberstockstall) ist Ende 2023 erschienen. Die von Sarah Lang herausgegebene Open Access Publikation widmet sich den frühneuzeitlichen chymischen Laboren und beleuchtet unterschiedliche Aspekte dieser Experimentier-, Forschungs-, und Kommunikationsstätten. Die Beiträge befassen sich unter anderem mit Experimenten als höfischen […]
We are happy to welcome a new addition to our website: In her article Rubens’ Portrait of Paracelsus, Teresa Esposito points out Rubens’ connections to the philosophical aspects of alchemy such as the imitation of nature and the principles of generation, represented in his painting of the famous physician and alchemist Paracelsus. We are also […]
Donna Bilak and Tara Nummedal were delighted that their co-edited book, Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier’s Atalanta fugiens (1618) with Scholarly Commentary (Univ. of Virginia Press), was awarded the 2022 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the American Historical Association and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for […]
A new contribution by Rainer Werthmann was added to the platform. In his article ‘Heinrich Khunraths Philosophischer Athanor, 1599/1603’, Werthmann elaborates on the design for a new type of alchemical furnace, presented, and praised by the physician and alchemist Heinrich Khunrath (c 1560-1605). Read in detail how liquid fuel and an innovative built helped make […]
As we are happy to announce, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, our project “Matthäus Merian d.Ä. und die Bebilderung der Alchemie um 1600” was awarded the Johann Philipp von Bethmann-Study Prize 2021 by the Frankfurt Historical Commission. During the award ceremony which had originally been planned for the beginning of the year and had to […]
Our website’s article about the alchemical print Dyas chymica tripartita (1625) has been updated with clarifying information about its editor! We would like to thank Carlos Gilly who kindly brought to our attention that the man behind the pseudonym Hermannus Condeesyanus was not Johann Grasse, as we had previously transferred from the VD 17 catalogue, […]