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Gems held medical, magical secrets in Renaissance courts, revealed in translation.
Speculum Lapidum
A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones
$46.50
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2023
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Summary
In early modern Europe, precious and semiprecious stones were valued not only for their beauty and rarity but also for their medical and magical properties. Lorenzo de’ Medici, Philip II of Spain, and Popes Leo X and Clement VII were all treated with expensive potions incorporating ground gems such as rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. Medical and magical/astrological lapidaries, texts describing the stones’ occult and medical qualities as well as their abilities to ward off demons and incantati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271095394 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0271095393 |
| Author: | Camillo Leonardi, Liliana Leopardi |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Magic in History |
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About The Author
Camillo Leonardi
Liliana Leopardi is Associate Professor of Art History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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