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Anke Timmermann

Verse and Transmutation - A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry (Critical Editions and Studies)

English · Hardback

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Description

Verse and Transmutation: A Corpus of Middle English Alchemical Poetry identifies and investigates a corpus of twenty-one anonymous Middle English recipes for the philosophers' stone through critical editions and studies on their histories in early modern manuscripts, literature and libraries.

About the author

Anke Timmermann, Ph.D. (Cantab. 2007), is a historian of science and Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge University Library (2013-14). Her publications include various articles on medieval and early modern alchemy and medicine, scientific poetry and historical manuscripts.

Product details

Authors	Anke Timmermann
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	25.09.2013

EAN	9789004254848
ISBN	978-90-04-25484-8
No. of pages	390
Dimensions	163 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
Weight	748 g
Series	Medieval and Early Modern Phil
Subject	Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918

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