Thesis by Laura Sumrall.

https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstrea...sAllowed=y

Thesis by Lynette Dawn Grant.

"The examination of alchemical art in Europe during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brings to light the
fact that the symbols employed invariably had multiple meanings,
but embodied a consistent polarity.
In pictorial representation the secret meanings implied
in the symbols were sometimes less concealed, and the possibility
of gaining more insight into the true nature of alchemy is therefore
probably greater by this type of examination than by scrutiny of
literary records alone. The process not only reveals something of
the nature of alchemy but gives an indication of the attitudes of
the various artists to alchemy and the degree to which they were
truly initiated into the secrets of the alchemical doctrine."

https://tinyurl.com/txcs96ce

The Alchemy of Paint is a critique of the modern world, which Spike Bucklow sees as the product of seventeenth-century ideas about science. In modern times, we have divorced color from its origins, using it for commercial advantage. Spike Bucklow shows us how in medieval times, color had mystical significance far beyond the enjoyment of shade and hue.

Each chapter demonstrates the mindset of medieval Europe and is devoted to just one color, acknowledging its connections with life in the pre-modern world. Colors examined and explained in detail include a midnight blue called ultramarine, an opaque red called vermilion, a multitude of colors made from metals, a transparent red called dragonsblood, and, finally, gold.


https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Paint-Sci...0714531723

Also, short article here, pp 20-21:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue...rizons.pdf

Thesis by Susan Hemmens. Several alchemical references, e.g. William Petty.

"This thesis offers a re-evaluation of the activities and mindset of a community of
natural philosophers who described themselves as curious: the members of the
Dublin Philosophical Society (1683—1709) (DPS) and their circle in Ireland and
further afield. Although they sometimes perceived themselves as being on the
periphery of the learned world, members of the DPS engaged self-consciously and
with reflection in that world. The thesis argues that the DPS, along with like-minded
individuals in Ireland and abroad, participated in the making of knowledge in ways
that they regarded as new. By way of a series of case studies, the thesis delineates the
influences on the DPS, details the workings of the society, and discusses the reception
of its outputs by peers."


https://tinyurl.com/35ehextz

Thesis by Katherine Allen.

Collecting recipes was an established tradition that continued in elite English households
throughout the eighteenth century. This thesis is on medical recipes and advice, and it
addresses the evolution of recipe collecting from the seventeenth century and throughout the
eighteenth century.



https://tinyurl.com/3a64ehu3

Thesis by Rodger Drew

"The Thesis examines the symbolism, and the sources of that symbolism, in the poetry and
painting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Chapter 1 considers the significance of the title of
Rossetti's sonnet-sequence The House of Life. Chapter 2 looks at the opening sonnets of
that sequence. Chapter 3 scrutinises the sonnet quartet of the Willow-wood sequence.
Chapter 4 evaluates the influence of Platonism and Neoplatonism in Rossetti's art. Chapter
5 is concerned with Rossetti's use of allegory. Chapter 6 surveys the influence of
Rosicrucianism on Rossetti and his immediate circle of the Preraphaelite Brotherhood, and
on the Aesthetic School that succeeded it. This chapter closely examines the symbolic
motifs of Rosicrucianism, and how these may be traced in the paintings of these artists.
Chapter 7 explores the Rosicrucian influence in Rossetti's poetry. Chapter 8 further traces
these influences in Rossetti's painting. Chapter 9 investigates the Goddess figure within
Rossetti's later paintings."


https://theses.gla.ac.uk/3426/1/1996DrewPhD.pdf

Engraving from-

William Y-Worth. Chymicus rationalis: or, the fundamental grounds of the chymical art rationally stated and demonstrated, by various examples in distillation, rectification and exaltation of vin or spirits, tinctures... and oleosums... In which is contained, a philosophical description of the astrum lunare microcosmicum, or phospheros...
London. 1692.

   

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A younger alchemist, for a change. By David Teniers. 

https://www.gazette-drouot.com/article/l...rmule/6800

   

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https://www.routledge.com/search?kw=alchem#

Thesis by Olivia Jane Heppel

"In 1614, Count Palatine Michael Maier published Arcana Arcanissima, the Most
Secret Mysteries in which he analyzes mythological stories through an alchemical lens to
discover the Christian truths which they hold. This text is referenced throughout
scholarship on Maier, but no one has translated it into English. Maier is famous for works
such as the Atalanta Fugiens, and his depth and breadth of mythological and alchemical
scholarship is profound. This study focuses on one chapter from Arcana Arcanissima on
the Trojan War to discover Maier’s analyses of myth, alchemy, and religion."


https://www.proquest.com/openview/3dc442...750&diss=y