Paper delivered by Matteo Martelli at the International Conference Écriture, réécriture ou citation: les procédés de composition des textes médicaux antiques (organized by Brigitte Maire & Nathalie Rousseau)
September 23-25, 2019, University of Lausanne, Ferme de Dorigny
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.