tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post4067216439100382856..comments2024-02-09T20:16:46.896-06:00Comments on Res Obscura: The Domestic Life of AlchemistsBenjamin Breenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-86346791910470049472012-01-11T19:04:23.563-06:002012-01-11T19:04:23.563-06:00I love that picture with the dog.I love that picture with the dog.Aritulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687717613812613840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-75545186609560760252011-01-13T19:49:29.273-06:002011-01-13T19:49:29.273-06:00My whole MA thesis topic was inspired by Harkness&...My whole MA thesis topic was inspired by Harkness' book, in particular her research on Dee's marginalia of Dionysius. Although I eventually narrowed it down so as not to include analysis of Dee.<br />http://angelologyofmirandola.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Anybody who's interested in alchemical illustrations, please look at my humble contribution http://alchemicaldiagrams.blogspot.com/<br /><br />This is a great blog I plan to revisit often.Mr. Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00308380761257083577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-77818565005069854832011-01-13T17:35:29.051-06:002011-01-13T17:35:29.051-06:00Rachel - Yes, I'm looking forward to reading i...Rachel - Yes, I'm looking forward to reading it! Hope to write one of those of my own someday...<br /><br />Alexander - Yes, that allegorical interpretation makes quite a lot of sense for the last painting ("Trouble Comes to the Alchemist"). I hadn't heard of that before. Thanks!Benjamin Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-50708991470647831082011-01-13T16:03:27.195-06:002011-01-13T16:03:27.195-06:00Often a sleeping dog (fido) represents a lack of l...Often a sleeping dog (fido) represents a lack of loyalty or fidelity.Alexandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-43972069642409877872011-01-13T13:58:14.725-06:002011-01-13T13:58:14.725-06:001) I think Harkness is coming out with/has come ou...1) I think Harkness is coming out with/has come out with a historical novel, FYI.<br /><br />2) LOVE the depiction of scholarly mess. Story of my life.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041286444064844891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-16716397317135034972011-01-13T10:01:53.066-06:002011-01-13T10:01:53.066-06:00I haven't read much of Principe's work but...I haven't read much of Principe's work but I'm familiar with his take on Boyle and I agree with it. I looked at some of Boyle's papers in the Royal Society last summer and it really is striking how many commonalities there are between him and other 17th c. alchemical writers that get left out of accounts of him as the 'father of Modern Chemistry' and the like. My (subjective) impression is that most historians of early modern science would agree with Principe's book, since it battles with what are sometimes called 'Whiggish' or teleological narratives of the rise of science. Thanks for the mention of his book with Newman, I hadn't been aware of it. Looks very interesting!Benjamin Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900877607660032582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127478842802304833.post-7308746144810001182011-01-12T22:26:03.854-06:002011-01-12T22:26:03.854-06:00Have you read any of Lawrence Principe's work ...Have you read any of Lawrence Principe's work (a book on Robert Boyle as a quasi-alchemist, and one w/ Newman on George Starkey, an American alchemist who corresponded with Boyle? It's especially interesting because Principe is trained in both history of science & organic chemistry, so he has a scientist's perspective. But I don't know how his work has been received by other academic historians.Christopher Mnoreply@blogger.com