"A golden medallion from the reign of Leopold I has been preserved which is supposed to have been transmuted from silver into gold using a tincture – in the presence of the Emperor. Another commemorative medallion has an inscription indicating that it was transmuted from lead into silver. They were apparently the result of experiments in alchemy carried out by Johann Joachim Becher, imperial counsellor and one of the three major economists of the seventeenth century – all of whom were, significantly, also alchemists. Becher was even made a kind of advisor in alchemical matters to the imperial Court under Leopold I. Among other things, he tried to transmute sand into gold."

https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/tu...rial-court


   

"The Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum in Buda Castle is a tiny, but endearing museum, not only for medicinal people, but also recommended for those who like alchemy, the Middle Ages and pre-modern medicine as well as mystery and dark science."

https://budacastlebudapest.com/golden-ea...cy-museum/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gold...acy-museum

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_R...ngary.html

Explained here:

https://www.goldenelixir.com/jindan/japa...chart.html


   

"In 1990 (Year of publishing is not on the book) there appeared in the Danish language a small and modest, but quite remarkable if not extraordinary book on Alchemy, by the female Danish alchemist, Merelle. A pseudonym taken after Nicholas Flamel’s wife, Pernelle, and the French name for the ocean, La Mer, and the sea shell of the same name referred to by Fulcanelli. The book was published in an edition of 500 copies, and is now impossible to find. The author expresses herself in a plain and simple language void of sophistry and obscure phrasings. Merelle refers to various sources, Fulcanelli, J.R. Glauber, Grimm’s fairy tales, Jung, and others; her reasoning and Modus Operandi are laid out in a simple and easily understandable Way. And this is documented with color photographs in the book."

Full text, translated from the Danish:

https://archive.org/details/mysteries_alchemy/mode/2up

Lecture by G. Hedesan (Oxford).

"This lecture will revolve around a painting of an alchemical laboratory created by Johannes Stradanus (1523-1605), a Flemish-born artist settled in Florence. In 1570, Stradanus, who was at the time part of the workshop of Giorgio Vasari, was commissioned for two paintings meant to adorn the Studiolo of Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juUchYEeVsk

"This article provides a first in-depth look at the La fonderia dell’Illmo et Ecc.mo Signor Don Antonio de’ Medici, a publication that was issued at the Casino di San Marco in Florence in 1604. This work has been deemed to be lost by many scholars on the Casino, but in fact a copy of it is found in the British Library."

Full text.

https://brill.com/view/journals/nun/37/1...anguage=en

"In the Segreti della signora Isabella Cortese (1561), one of the most popular "books of secrets" published in early modern Italy, the author—who presents herself as an itinerant female alchemist, addressing a readership of women—explains that the precious knowledge she shares has been gleaned from her travels along a well-worn route stretching from Italy to Moravia, Poland, and Hungary."

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/788014

This baroque palace in Cannaregio, features curious high reliefs; that are alchemical in theme. It was thought by some to be suggestive of a “Philosopher’s House”.

https://imagesofvenice.com/palazzo-lezze...symbolism/


   

Everything you ever wanted to know about generative artificial intelligence (AI) but were afraid to ask! Author and tech expert Tom Chatfield breaks down what AI is and what it means for authors and creators on the season finale of Authors' Matters.

https://tinyurl.com/2p883fb6

"This paper explores the life and work of 13th century English Franciscan friar, Roger Bacon in light of the spiritual-religious practice of alchemy. Bacon’s works in pertinence to alchemy reflect his belonging to a school of intellectual thought known as Hermeticism; which encompasses the practice of alchemy. Bacon can be placed among other philosophic practitioners of alchemy throughout history; allowing for expanded insight into the life of this medieval scholar. Throughout history, Bacon’s most well-known work, the Opus Majus, has been interpreted in a variety of ways. However, when considering what the practice of alchemy is at its Arabic roots, the sometimes vague and perplexing character of Roger Bacon becomes less elusive. Bacon has been called both a magician and a scientist as a result of the obscureness in his work; this paper explores the underlying motives Bacon had in constructing the Opus Majus. Roger Bacon expressed that sapientia or "divine wisdom" could be systematically obtained by following the revised scholastic curriculum he outlined in the Opus Majus. What is this sapientia? Where did Bacon get this idea? And why did Bacon work tirelessly to prove its efficacy to Pope Clement IV? This paper sets out to provide a deeper look into the place that alchemy held in Bacon’s life and the reasons he wished to integrate it into the Christian learning curriculum at the universities of Paris and Oxford."

By Victoria Tobes.

Full text.

https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.e...honors/12/