This meeting represents a fresh attempt to look at possible paths of transmission of Babylonian chemical arts into the later development of alchemy, with special focus on Graeco-Egyptian alchemical texts and their reception/transformation in the Syriac and Arabic traditions.
Guest scholars
Eduardo Escobar (Chicago)
Cale Johnson (Birmingham)
Maddalena Rumor (Cleveland)
16-18 July 2019
Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies
via Zamboni 38
CIS – Seminar room