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 at the International Conference Malleable Texts, Fluid Authorships: Galenic Medicine and Late Antiquity organized by Philip van der Eijk and Caroline Petit.
July 7-8, 2022, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin