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]
- Books
About this work
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.
Series
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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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBVH /LEOOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271095394
- 0271095393