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Exploring the history of ideas through the written tradition

Alchemy and the textual tradition

Many strands of tradition come together in productions like Codex Gigas or the Gospel ‘Golden codices’ of Stockholm and St. Petersburg, mentioned in recent posts. This is surely a key reason why the study of texts and manuscripts is so interesting: books and documents reflect multiple currents of thought and practice, and represent the texture [...]

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