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The Alchemical Sonnets of Frate Elia & Cecco D’Ascoli - Paul Ferguson - 09-01-2026
Sei sonetti alchemici da un codice della Biblioteca Laurenziana
Transcribed by Massimo Marra, with English versions by Carlo Borriello.
http://www.gianfrancobertagni.it/materiali/alchimia/seisonetti.htm
and from the PopeHead substack:
"I have decided to supply a translation of select passages from Cecco D’Ascoli e Frate Elia: Sonetti Alchemici, published by Libreria Editrice ASEQ. I have translated all of the footnotes given for the poems themselves, but not the footnotes for the rest of the work. Fair warning: the translation is rather crude, and I have decided not to attempt a poetic rendering of the sonnets, but a clear and faithful rendition. The purpose of this undertaking is that I will ultimately be referencing some of the content here in a future article series."
https://popehead.substack.com/p/the-alchemical-sonnets