Lawrence M. Principe's standard modern scholarly treatment of alchemy, published by the University of Chicago Press, treating it as both a real laboratory practice and a system of allegory, correcting older popular accounts that treated it as either purely mystical or purely proto-chemical. Principe's standing as a historian of science and the academic press publication place this at this atlas's top tier. It is a strong source for how alchemy was actually practiced and understood historically. As a single volume treatment, a claim about one specific alchemist or textual tradition in great depth may need a more specialized study alongside it.
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AuthorLawrence M. Principe
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication Year2013
URLhttps://www.bibliovault.org/BV.landing.epl?ISBN=9780226682952
Source Typeacademic monograph
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The standard modern scholarly treatment of alchemy from a university press, treating it as both laboratory practice and allegory rather than as a living instructional text. NotesStandard modern scholarly treatment of alchemy as laboratory practice and as allegory.
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Source The Secrets of AlchemyLawrence M. Principe
Claims Backed By This Source (917 claims)
This source backs 917 claims across the atlas. As facts: 614 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 154 holds. Plus 146 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Articles, 238 claims: 221 well-attested, 7 holds, 10 general references.
- Alchemical Substances, 160 claims: 77 well-attested, 40 holds, 43 general references.
- Alchemical Operations, 112 claims: 84 well-attested, 21 holds, 7 general references.
- Alchemical Apparatus, 79 claims: 28 well-attested, 30 holds, 21 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 70 claims: 56 well-attested, 1 open question, 8 holds, 5 general references.
- Metals, 58 claims: 36 well-attested, 14 holds, 8 general references.
- Magnum Opus Stages, 40 claims: 28 well-attested, 8 holds, 4 general references.
- Historical Figures, 33 claims: 18 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 8 general references.
- Categories, 22 claims: 18 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Alchemical Principles, 21 claims: 12 well-attested, 6 holds, 3 general references.
- Periodic Elements, 19 claims: 2 holds, 17 general references.
- Colors, 14 claims: 7 holds, 7 general references.
- Mythical Creatures, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.
- Disciplines, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Subcategories, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Well-attested
614Articles
Mined for What They YieldPlanet, metal and transmutationPrinciple, element and metalQuicksilver in the WorkshopRunning the RecipesSalt, the Principle That Was AddedSeparatio in the Laboratory, and the Trouble With Counting SevenSeven Metals and Two ExceptionsSilver in Use and in the Alchemical WorkSilver, the Moon Among MetalsSolutio in the Laboratory, and the Trouble With Counting SevenSulphur Before There Were Three PrinciplesThe Albedo Stage of the Great WorkThe Alchemical Operation of CalcinationThe Alchemical Operation of CoagulationThe Alchemical Operation of ConjunctionThe Alchemical Operation of DissolutionThe Alchemical Operation of DistillationThe Alchemical Operation of FermentationThe Alchemical Operation of SeparationThe Alchemical Principle of MercuryThe Alchemical Principle of SaltThe Alchemical Principle of SulphurThe Alchemical TextsThe Book with Almost No WordsThe Chemical Wedding in Twenty WoodcutsThe Citrinitas Stage of the Great WorkThe colour stages of the Great WorkThe Court at PragueThe Earliest Alchemist We Can Actually ReadThe Laboratory and the Oratory in One RoomThe Line to Egypt, the Arabs, and AfterThe Most Beautiful Alchemical Manuscript, by an Unknown HandThe Nigredo Stage of the Great WorkThe Recipe, and the Argument About How to Read ItThe Rubedo Stage of the Great WorkThe Twelve Keys and the Chariot of AntimonyThe Visions, and What He Preserved of OthersThe Work, and What Was Actually in the VesselThirteen Sentences, and What They Were Used ForTin, the Metal of JupiterTin, the Traded MetalTwelve Salts, One Shared Confusion of NamesTwenty Two Illuminations, and a Text Nobody ReadsTwenty Woodcuts of a MarriageTwo Real Liquids and Two Elusive IdeasUndoing a Split That Was Made LaterWhat an Alchemical Apparatus Entry CoversWhat an Alchemical Substance Entry CoversWhat It Actually Is Showing 151 to 200 of 283 entities carrying this claim.
Holds
154Showing 1 to 50 of 100 entities carrying this claim.
General References
146Showing 1 to 50 of 144 entities carrying this claim.
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