Alchemy Theory

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about the alchemical herbs

However, AFAIK the name "Alchemists' Herbal" is a modern invention, a nickname assigned to a certain family of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. derived from some unidentified Italian original.  While the herbs seem to be invented and are claimed to have fantastic powers, AFAIK there is nothing in those manuscripts that definitely connects them to alchemy.  Isn't that so?

All the best, --stolfi

Yes, which is why Beasley in his thesis chooses to call them magiferous (after Stannard who used the same term)