IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 206: Alchemy and Metallurgy: Learning and Doing
Monday 11 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science, Technology and Art in the Middle Ages |
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Organiser: | Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London |
Paper 206-a | Is It Alchemy? Is It Metallurgy? Is It Jewellery?: Archaeology and the Material Culture of the Laboratory (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Science |
Paper 206-b | 'My deere Son I schall teach thee': Education and Instruction in Alchemical Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Science |
Paper 206-c | Masters and Apprentices: Becoming a Goldsmith in Late Medieval Northern Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
Abstract | This session will look at objects and texts in medieval alchemy - what do the different methodological approaches that can be taken to this fascinating subject tell us about it? The three papers in this session will take evidence from texts and material culture as a starting point for discussion of alchemy in theory and practice. |