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with the commentary found in The Glory
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said to contain some of
the deepest secrets of alchemy.
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Crisciani, C. - Pereira,
M., L'arte del sole e della luna.
Alchimia e filosofia nel Medioevo, CISAM, Spoleto, 1996 (con bibliografia)
Gagnon, C., Récherche bibliographique sur l'alchimie médiévale occidentale,
"Cahiers d'Études médiévales" 2 (1974), pp. 155-199
Halleux, R., Les textes alchimiques, Brepols, Turnhout, 1979 (con bibliografia)
Kren, C., Alchemy in Europe. A Guide to Research, Garland Publ., New
York-London, 1990
Le crisi dell'alchimia = "Micrologus. Natura,
scienze e società medievali" 3 (1995)
Bibliografia:LA PERFEZIONE DELLA MATERIA
Crisciani, C., La 'quaestio de alchimia' fra
Duecento e Trecento, in "Medioevo" 2 (1976), pp. 119-168
Sheppard, H., European alchemy in the context of a
universal definition, in: Meinel Ch. (ed.), Die Alchemie in der europäischen
Kultur- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1986
Carusi, P., Teoria e sperimentazione nell'alchimia
medioevale nel passaggio da Oriente a Occidente, in: La diffusione delle
scienze islamiche nel Medioevo europeo, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma,
1987, pp. 355-377
Halleux, R., Pratique de laboratoire et experience de pensée chez les alchimistes,
in: Bergier, J.F. (ed.),
Zwischen Wahn, Glaube und Wissenschaft. Magie, Astrologie, Alchimie und
Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Verlag der Fachvereine, Zürich, 1988, pp. 115-126
Pereira, M., L'oro dei filosofi. Saggio sulle idee di un
alchimista del Trecento, CISAM, Spoleto, 1992
Gagnon, C., Alchemie, techniques et
technologie, in: Allard, G.H. - Lusignan, S. (eds.), Les arts mécaniques au
moyen âge, Vrin, Paris, 1982
Newman, W., Technology and alchemical debate in the late
Middle Ages, "Isis" 80 (1989), pp. 423-445 (trad. in: Crisciani -
Pereira, L'arte del sole e della luna, cit.)
Obrist, B., Art et nature dans l'alchimie médiévale, "Revue d'histoire des
sciences" (1995), pp. 1-42
Pereira, M., L'elixir alchemico fra artificio e natura, in Negrotti, M. (ed.),
Artificialia. La dimensione artificiale della natura umana, CLUEB, Bologna,
1995, pp. 255-267
Newman, W., Technology and alchemical debate
(cit.)
Obrist, B., Cosmology and alchemy in an illustrated 13th
century alchemical tract, "Micrologus. Natura, scienze e società
medievali" 1 (1993), pp. 115-160
Obrist, B., Les rapports d'analogie entre philosophie et alchimie médiévales,
in: Margolin, J.C.-Matton, S. (eds.), Alchimie et
philosophie à la Renaissance, Vrin, Paris, 1993, pp. 43-64
Pereira, M., L'oro dei filosofi (cit.)
Bibliografia: Gli strumenti dell'alchimia - FUOCO - VASO
Ploss, E.E., Schipperges, H., Roosen-Runge,
H., Buntz, H., L'alchimie. Histoire, technologie, pratique, tr. fr., Belfon,
Paris, 1972
Rouaze, I., Un atélier de distillation du Moyen Age, "Bulletin
archéologique du Comité de travaux historiques et scientifiques" n.s. 22
(1989), pp. 159-271
Taylor, F.S., The evolution of the still, "Annals of Science" 5
(1945), pp. 185-202
Bibliografia: PERFEZIONE DEI METALLI
Eliade, M., Arti del metallo e alchimia, tr.
it., Boringhieri, Torino, 1980
Halleux, R., Le problème des métaux dans la science antique, Les Belles
Lettres, Paris, 1974
Read, J., Prelude to Chemistry. An Outline of Alchemy, its Literature and
Relationships, Bell, London, 1936
Bibliografia: TEORIA DEI METALLI
Anawati, G., Avicenne et l'alchimie, in:
Oriente e Occidente nel Medioevo, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, 1971,
pp. 285-341
Baffioni, C., Il IV libro dei 'Meteorologica' di Aristotele, Bibliopolis,
Napoli, 1981
Kibre, P., Studies in Medieval Science. Alchemy, Astrology, Mathematics and
Medicine, Hambledon Press, London, 1984
Newman, W., Introduction, in: The 'Summa perfectionis' of Pseudo-Geber. Edition
with Commentary and English Translation, Brill, Leiden, 1991
Berthelot, M., La Chimie au Moyen Age (1893),
Zeller, Osnabrück, 1893
Holmyard, E.J., Storia dell'alchimia, tr. it., Sansoni, Firenze, 1959
Halleux, R., Récettes d'artisan, récettes
d'alchimiste, in: Jansen-Sieben, R. (ed.), Les 'artes mecanicae' en Europe
médiévale, Bruxelles, 1989
Newman, W., The philosophers' egg: theory and practice in the alchemy of Roger
Bacon, in: Le crisi dell'alchimia, cit., pp.
75-101
Halleux, L'alchimiste et l'essayeur, in
Meinel (ed.), Die Alchemie (cit.), pp. 277-292
Migliorino, F., Alchimia lecita e illecita nel Trecento: Oldrado da Ponte,
"Quaderni medievali" 11 (1981), pp. 6-41
Pereira, L'oro dei filosofi, cit., cap. 2
Bibliografia: L'ALCHIMIA NELLE CORTI MEDIEVALI
Obrist, B., Die Alchemie in der
mittelalterlichen Gesellschsaft, in Meinel (ed.), Die Alchemie, cit.
Ogrinc, W.H.L., Western society and alchemy from 1200 to 1500, "Journal of
Medieval History" 6 (1980), pp. 103-132
Needham, J., Il concetto di elixir e la
medicina su base chimica in Oriente e in Occidente, "Acta Medicae
Historiae Patavinae" 19 (1985), pp. 7-41
Pereira, M., Un tesoro inestimabile: elixir e 'prolongatio
vitae' nell'alchimia del '300, "Micrologus. Natura, scienze e società
medievali" 1 (1992), pp. 161-187
Pereira, M., Teorie dell'elixir nell'alchimia latina medievale, in: Le crisi
dell'alchimia,
cit., pp. 103-148
Pereira, M., Arnaldo da Villanova e l'alchimia. Un'indagine preliminare, in:
Perarnau, J. (ed.), Actes de la I Trobada internacional d'estudis sobre Arnau
de Vilanova, II = "Arxiu de Textos Catalans Antics" 14 (1995), pp.
95-174
Bibliografia: TEORIA ALCHEMICA DELLA MATERIA
Carusi, P., 1995, 'Animalis, herbalis,
naturalis'. Considerazioni parallele sul 'De anima in arte alchemiae'
attribuito ad Avicenna e sul 'Miftâh al-hikma' (opera di un allievo di
Apollonio di Tiana), in: Le crisi dell'alchimia, cit., pp.
45-74
Multhauf, R.P., The Origins of Chemistry, Oldbourne, London, 1966
Obrist, B., Cosmology and alchemy, cit.
Colnort-Bodet, S., Le code alchimique
devoilé, Champion, Paris, 1989
Taylor, F.S., The Idea of Quintessence, in: Ashworth-Underwood E. (ed.),
Science, Medicine and History, Essays in honour of Ch. Singer, Oxford UP,
Oxford-London-New York, 1953, pp. 247-265
Wilson, C.A., Philosophers, Iósis and Water of Life, Leeds Philosophical and
Literary Society, Leeds, 1984
Forbes, R.J., Short History of the Art of
Distillation from the Beginnings up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal, Brill,
Leiden, 1948
Lu G.D. - Needham, D. - Needham, J., The coming of the ardent water, "Ambix"
19 (1972), pp. 69-112
Darmstaedter, E., Per la storia dell' oro
potabile, "Archeion" 5 (1925), pp. 251-71
Halleux, R., L' oro potabile, "Kos" 12 (1985), pp. 49-64
Bibliografia: L'ALCHIMIA NELLA CURIA PAPALE
Paravicini Bagliani, A., Medicina e scienze
della natura alla corte dei papi, CISAM, Spoleto, 1992
Corbin, H., Corpo spirituale e terra celeste,
tr. it., Adelphi, Milano, 1986
Festugière, A.J., La révélation d'Hermès Trismegiste, 2a ed., Les Belles
Lettres, Paris, 1986
Jung, C.G., Psicologia e alchimia, tr. it, Boringhieri, Torino, 1981
von Franz, M.L., Alchimia, tr. it., Boringhieri, Torino, 1984
Bibliografia: LINGUAGGIO ALLEGORICO
Bachelard, G., La formation de l'ésprit
scientifique, 2a ed., Vrin, Paris, 1971
Butor, M., L'alchimia e il suo linguaggio, in: Id., Repertorio, Il Saggiatore,
Milano, 1961, pp. 14-25
Crosland, M.P., Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry, Harvard UP,
London-Cambridge Mass., 1962
Halleux, R., Problèmes de lexicographie alchimiste, in: La lexicographie du
latin médiéval et ses rapports avec les récherches actuelles sur la
civilisation du Moyen Age, CNRS, Paris, 1981 (tr. it. in Crisciani-Pereira,
L'arte del sole e della luna, cit.)
Jung, C.G., Mysterium Coniunctionis, tr. it.,
Boringhieri, Torino, 1990-1991
Pereira, M., Un tesoro inestimabile, cit.
Sheppard, H.J., The redemption theme and Hellenistic Alchemy, "Ambix"
7 (1959), pp. 42-46
Jung, C.G., Le visioni di Zosimo, in: Id.,
Studi sull'alchimia, tr. it., Boringhieri, Torino, 1989
Theisen, W., John Dastin: the alchemist as co-creator, "Ambix" 38
(1991), pp. 73-78
Coudert, A., Alchemy. The Philosophers'
Stone, Shambala Press, Boulder, 1980
Jung, Psicologia della traslazione, tr. it., Boringhieri, Torino, 1981
von Franz, M.L., Psiche e materia nell'alchimia e nella scienza moderna,
tr.it., "L'immaginale" 6 (1986)
Bibliografia: TRADIZIONE SPIRITUALE
Calvet, A., Alchimie et Joachimisme dans les
'Alchimica' Pseudo-Arnaldiens, in: Margolin-Matton (eds.), Alchimie, cit.
Colnort-Bodet, S., Eau-de-vie logique et 'Banqueroutiers du Saint-Esprit, in:
Culture, science et développement (in hon. Ch. Morazé), Privat, Toulouse, 1979,
pp. 297-336
Crisciani, C., Note sull'alchimia 'francescana' nel sec. XIII, in: Atti XXV
Congresso Nazionale di Filosofia, Società filosofica italiana, Roma, 1980, pp.
21-220
Merkur, D., The Study of Spiritual Alchemy: Mysticism, Gold-Making, and
Esoteric Hermeneutics, "Ambix" 37 (1990), pp. 35-45
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