Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery

Name: Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
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ISBN: 9780521000000

ISBN-10: 0521000009

ISBN-13: 9780521000000

Edition: 2001

Authors: Lyndy Abraham

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This Dictionary documents alchemical symbolism from the early centuries AD to the late-twentieth century, for use by historians of literary culture, philosophy, science and the visual arts, and readers interested in alchemy and hermeticism. Emphasising literary and intellectual references in the Western tradition written in or translated into English, the Dictionary focuses most closely on works current in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when alchemy captivated the minds of figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh and Isaac Newton. Each entry includes a definition of the symbol, giving the literal (physical) and figurative (spiritual) meanings, an example of the symbol used in alchemical…

Book details

List price: $65.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.89" wide x 9.72" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of figures


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction


A dictionary of alchemical imagery


Bibliography


Index of alchemical and literary authors