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The Conception of Alchemy as Expressed in the 'Pretiosa Margarita Novella' of Petrus Bonus of Ferrara
By Chiara Crisciani
"'I do not know how Pietro Buono composed his Precious Pearl, but if he had written out ali the Latin alchemical, philosophical and mystical books available to him, cut the copies into small pieces, classified the innumerable fragments as plausibly as possible, and finally edited them in the new order thus obtained ... the final result would not have been very different from his compilation.' That was G. Sarton's judgement on Bonus."
https://www.academia.edu/20606147/The_Co...of_Ferrara
By Chiara Crisciani
"'I do not know how Pietro Buono composed his Precious Pearl, but if he had written out ali the Latin alchemical, philosophical and mystical books available to him, cut the copies into small pieces, classified the innumerable fragments as plausibly as possible, and finally edited them in the new order thus obtained ... the final result would not have been very different from his compilation.' That was G. Sarton's judgement on Bonus."
https://www.academia.edu/20606147/The_Co...of_Ferrara