A New Catalogue of Greek Alchemical Manuscripts in Italian Libraries
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Giorgia Pausillo
About this book
The eight volumes of the Catalogue des manuscrits grecs published in Brussels between 1924 and 1932 aimed to survey the Greek alchemical manuscripts preserved in the various libraries of Europe. The second volume, compiled by Carlo Oreste Zuretti, lists and describes the Greek alchemical manuscripts preserved in Italian libraries. Although Zuretti's catalogue still remains the primary reference for the study of Greek alchemical manuscripts in Italian libraries it is insufficient as it does not meet current cataloguing standards, especially in matter of codicology and paleography.
The present volume offers a new catalogue of the Greek alchemical manuscripts preserved in Italian libraries. It aims to provide scholars with an updated and exhaustive reference that combines material, graphic and textual analysis.
Each manuscript is accurately described from both codicology and palaeography, in addition to textual history and a particular attention to texts organisation.
The discovery of new alchemical manuscripts and the new palaeographic attributions that enrich the volume make this new catalogue an up-to-date tool that also sheds light on the circulation of alchemical texts and their readers from antiquity to the modern age.
Author / Editor information
Giorgia Pausillo, Rome, Italy.
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