OXFORD SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF ALCHEMY AND CHEMISTRY

3 May 15:00
Maison Française d'Oxford

Medieval Islamic Alchemy and its Influence

tof alchemy

Chair: Jennifer M. Rampling (Princeton)

Salam Rassi (Edinburgh) – ‘Alchemy and Religious Authority in the Islamic World: The Case of Ibn Umayl (fl. c. 912)’

Tom Fischer (EPHE Paris) – ‘New Perspectives on the Transmission and Influence of Senior Zadith's Tabula chemica’

Convened by Jo Hedesan & John Christie (Oxford)