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 Lucia Raggetti in the frame of the ERC PhilAnd workshop ‘Science and Craft: the relations between the theoretical and practical sides of esoteric disciplines in al-Andalus and their link with craft’
17 June, 2019 – Warburg Institute, London