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Annotated Bibliography
The Golden Chain of Homer: Annotated Bibliography
p. 502Historical Method and Context
Newman, William R., and Lawrence M. Principe. 'Alchemy vs. Chemistry: The Etymological Origins of a Historiographic Mistake.' Early Science and Medicine 3, no. 1 (1998): 32–65.
A methodological argument for careful use of the terms alchemy, chemistry, and chymistry when discussing early modern inquiry.
Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11620328/
Historical Method and Context
Principe, Lawrence M. 'Alchemy Restored.' Isis 102, no. 2 (2011): 305–312. https://doi.org/10.1086/660139.
A concise account of the changing historiography of alchemy, its practical and theoretical diversity, and its place in early modern natural philosophy.
Sources: https://doi.org/10.1086/660139
Historical Method and Context
Nummedal, Tara. 'Alchemy and Religion in Christian Europe.' Ambix 60, no. 4 (2013): 311–322. https://doi.org/10.1179/0002698013Z.00000000036.
An introduction to historically specific relations among alchemy, religious practice, and interpretation, useful for resisting generalizations about an unchanging spiritual essence of alchemy.
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The two-book alchemical work of 1723 in German with a new English translation, 399 notes, eight historical diagrams, chapter outlines, keyword essays, a glossary, bibliography, subject index, and 400 discussion questions.
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Anonymous, Aurea Catena Homeri. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Georg Böhme, 1723. Traditionally attributed to Anton Joseph Kirchweger; the attribution remains uncertain. Historical diagrams from the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung copy digitized by e-rara.
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