The AlchemEast project is devoted to the study of alchemical theory and practice as it appeared and developed in distinct, albeit contiguous (both chronologically and geographically) areas: Graeco-Roman Egypt, Byzantium, and the Near East, from Ancient Babylonian times to the early Islamic Period.
Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the workshop Testing and Translating Textual Evidence: A Greek Medieval Treatise on Goldsmithing organized by Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie and Susanne Greiff.
March 15-17, 2018, Vortragssaal des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz