Re: papers of Dr Gotthelf Bergsträsser
At least parts of the Gotthelf Bergsträßer Nachlass are at the LMU in Munich
H-Net Review [H-Sci-Med-Tech]: Elliott on Rampling, 'The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700'
Jennifer M. Rampling. The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700. Synthesis Series. Chicago University of Chicago Press, 2020. Illustrations. xvii + 408 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-71070-9.
Reviewed by George Elliott (Purdue University Northwest)
Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (February, 2023)
Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy
papers of Dr Gotthelf Bergsträsser
Dr Gotthelf Bergsträsser was an important scholar who disappeared in 1933 while hiking in Bavaria. Does anyone on the list have information about where his papers, his literary Nachlass, are housed (if they are at all preserved)? I am particularly interested in an Arabic alchemical manuscript, K. Inkishaf al-sirr al-maktum, which was in his possession; no other copy seems to be known. J. Ruska saw it and provides information in his Tabula Esmeralda, and this info is repeated by Manfred Ullmann in his handbook n the occult sciences. Many thanks!
Going Digital: Considerations and Collaborations
A new Feeding the Elephant blog post on the Book Channel:
Call for Papers: Fringe Expertise? Cross-Cultural Readings of Occult Practices in Premodern Eurasia
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022
Sponsored by The Sorcerer’s Handbook: Medieval Arabic Magic in Context Project
Organisers: Dr Sarah Ortega, Dr Geoff Humble (University of Leeds)
Call for Papers: Fringe Expertise? Cross-Cultural Readings of Occult Practices in Premodern Eurasia
International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4-7 July 2022
Sponsored by The Sorcerer’s Handbook: Medieval Arabic Magic in Context Project
Organisers: Dr Sarah Ortega, Dr Geoff Humble (University of Leeds)
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“The Applied Arts of Alchemy" virtual symposium, May 19th-21st: registration now open
The program for the Applied Arts of Alchemy Virtual Symposium is live on the Science History Institute website and
UC Davis Early Science Workshop: Tara Nummedal, "Singing Nature’s Secrets: Michael Maier’s Atalanta fugiens (1618) and Furnace and Fugue (2020)."
Prof. Tara Nummedal (Brown University) will talk at the UC Davis Early Science Workshop about the new, digital edition of poet-alchemist Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens (1618), with scholarly commentary, which she co-edited with Donna Bialik. Combining word, image, and music in a beautifully realized, interactive format, Furnace and Fugue is a model for the creative potential of a digital edition of an early modern book. The talk will take place January 13th on Zoom from 4:30–6 PM Pacific Standard Time.
