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Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood - Paul Ferguson - 09-30-2023
Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany. By Tara Nummedal. Haney Foundation Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. xii+288. $49.95.
"In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers' stone—and would serve a critical role in preparing for the Last Days."
https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Zieglerin-Lions-Blood-Reformation/dp/0812250893
Reviewed here:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720888