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 Gabriele Ferrario at the International ‘Micrologus’ conference Le sommeil Théories, représentations et pratiques (Moyen Âge et Époque moderne), organized by Bernard Andenmatten, Karine Crousaz, and Agostino Paravicini Bagliani
October 20-22, 2021, Université de Lausanne