Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the International Conference Learning by the Book: Manuals and Handbooks in the History of Knowledge.
June 6-10, 2018, Princeton University
Preconference blog series
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.