"In the world of enigmatic artifacts, one stands out as a riddle that has puzzled historians, cryptographers, and linguists for centuries. The Voynich Manuscript, named after its discoverer Wilfrid Voynich, is a beautifully illustrated medieval book filled with an indecipherable script and enigmatic illustrations. This obscure artifact has intrigued researchers for decades, with its secrets still waiting to be unveiled. Join us on a journey into the captivating world of the Voynich Manuscript, as we explore its origins, the perplexing script, and the numerous theories that surround this extraordinary enigma."


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolog...r-AA1d0m7X

   

By Pierre Bensusan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bensusan

Played by Sungha Jung ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungha_Jung ) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KVPaM7ftI
Played by the composer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFFdOJiOhU

Chords: https://chordu.com/chords-tabs-pierre-be...8m9wDsdqQA

Master's Thesis/Barrie Davis.


"The reunion of a man with God is the subject of a medieval text which aggregates excerpts from the Bible and Arabic alchemical texts that had recently become available in Europe. The Aurora Consurgens personifies God as Wisdom, a spiritual being who not only formed the world in the beginning but is also a guide to men to return to God subsequent to their separation at the Fall."

Downloadable from:

https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/xmlui/...10063/1556

"Jesus as the Philosopher's Stone: 11 important details in Hieronymus Bosch's triptych, The Adoration of the Magi

The artist turned a biblical subject into a story about the transformation of base metals into gold by means of alchemy"


Russian again, but use DeepL if needed:

https://www.deepl.com/translator

https://www.vokrugsveta.ru/article/306442/

   

"The alchemical bathers of the Fontainebleau school. What the nude portraits of French aristocrats tell us about the hermetic tradition."

"These delicate young ladies of Fontainebleau also fall into the category of 'not quite understood' paintings. We will try to understand them with the help of one of the most popular arts - the art of alchemy."


Very interesting essay by Anastasia Frolkova. In Russian, but DeepL does a good job.

https://knife.media/alchemy-fontainebleau/

https://www.deepl.com/translator

   

   

https://tattoosboygirl.com/alchemy-tattoos/

Thesis by Sarita Rich.

"While many of Shakespeare’s alchemical allusions are noted for their language of
positive regeneration and healing, the playwright’s departures from these conventional uses of
alchemy deserve further attention. This essay presents an examination of inversions in the
redemptive alchemical paradigm of Othello, a play whose connections to alchemy are not
announced by obvious references to gold making, the philosopher's stone, or other key terms
relating to the discourse of the opus that a modern audience is likely to recognize. I argue that in
Othello, alchemical allusions are more subtly deployed in the language that describes Othello
and Desdemona’s marriage, in the metaphorical speech of Othello’s self-doubt, in Desdemona’s
characterization, and in Iago’s references to medicine."


https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/view...ontext=etd

PhD Thesis by Kathryn Hitchcox 1988. Full-text download.

   

https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/h...900247.PDF

Paper by Alexandra Marraccini:


https://www.academia.edu/5034617/Open_Se...ey_Scrolls

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From Text to Theatre: An Architectural Reading of Heinrich Khunrath’s Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae (1595, 1609), by Willem de Bruijn.


https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158312894.pdf