Die Edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia: The final stage of European alchemy

Karpenko, Vladimír

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Title

Die Edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia: The final stage of European alchemy

Author(s)

Karpenko, Vladimír

Issue Date

2000-03-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• History European Alchemy

Abstract

The book "Die Edelgeborne Jungfer Alchymia" is examd. as a illustration of the state of late alchemy, written by a practicing, erudite alchemist. Some of his descriptions of expts. reflect doubts as to the possibility of transmutation, which had developed even among believers like himself. In defense of alchemy, key arguments of its opponents are summarized, and the attempts of the author to disprove them reflect the alchem. way of thinking. It is one of a large collection of alchem. stories,. Important details of this book are discussed within the broader framework of alchemy in general and its late European stage in particular.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126167

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p050

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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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