Short video from the Getty:

"Some of the most vivid pigments in medieval manuscripts were manufactured through alchemy, an experimental practice that predates modern chemistry. Today, chemistry deepens our knowledge about paint colors, their identification, and potential continued transformations."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMPiP5Fgmc

Jean Perréal — Musée Marmottan, Collection Wildenstein, ms. 147, Paris., Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph...d=38620003


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Perr%C3%A9al

https://www.wga.hu/html_m/p/perreal/miniatur.html



   

General article.

https://www.thecollector.com/history-of-gunpowder/

Review.

https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1481
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Ingrid Malm Lindberg

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.100...42127-3_16

"The intricate realms of quantum mechanics and ancient alchemy, at first glance, appear as distant from each other as the stars from the earth. Yet, within this paper titled "Alchemy and Exclusion: Symbolic Intersections between the Pauli Exclusion Principle and Alchemical Transformation," we embark on a compelling exploration, discovering profound intersections between these seemingly disparate fields."

Alchemy and Exclusion: Symbolic Intersections between the Pauli Exclusion Principle and Alchemical Transformation - Douglas C Youvan

Full text

https://www.researchgate.net/publication...sformation

Painter and stained-glass artist.


https://www.pamono.co.uk/j-j-borghetto-l...s-set-of-2

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Well-illustrated.

https://www.jessewaugh.com/blog/2012/12/...the-uffizi

The powers of Europe as alchemists dissolving the alliance of German princes with Napoleon. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.

Date:
Dec. 12 1813

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"Three figures are shown in a well-lit room in front of an open window. In the background is a cabinet full of glassware. Centrally, a seated alchemist in a physician's red cap with fur trim holds a flask in his right hand and leans with his left on a table and an open astrological book."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The...00.275.jpg

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