Alchemy was a subject of no small controversy in the Middle Ages. To some scholastics, alchemy seemed to arrogate the power of divinity itself in its claim that man could replicate the products of nature by means of art; others viewed alchemy as a pure technology, unworthy of inclusion in a curriculum devoted to the study of scientiae.
The Summa perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber, written around the end of the 13th century as a defense of the art, became 'the Bible of the medieval alchemists,'and was still being used as late as the 17th century. The present work contains a critical edition, annotated translation, and commentary of the Summa.
- ISBN10 9004094644
- ISBN13 9789004094642
- Publish Date 1 July 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 October 2013
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 790
- Language English
- URL http://brill.com/product_id1416