Speculum lapidum : a Renaissance treatise on the healing properties of gemstones / Camillo Leonardi ; translated with an introduction by Liliana Leopardi.

  • Leonardi, Camillo, active 1502
Date:
[2023]
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Also known as

Speculum lapidum. English

Description

"A full translation of Camillo Leonardi's Speculum Lapidum, with an introduction and annotations. Examines the role that medical astrology and astral magic played in the life of an Italian court in the early modern period"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

Physical description

222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Notes

Text in English translated from Latin.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : "whatever jewels Mother Earth brings forth for the uses of man ..." : Camillo Leonardi and the tradition of magical/astrological lapidaries -- The mirror of stones -- Appendix : Lodovico Dolce's Libri tre : an unacknowledged appropriation of the Speculum lapidum.

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    History of Medicine
    BVH /LEO
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ISBN

  • 9780271095394
  • 0271095393