Theory, Allegory and Practice in Medieval Alchemy: Jewish Sources and their Context

'Theory, Allegory and Practice in Medieval Alchemy: Jewish Sources and their Context' - Dr Gabriele Ferrario, Cambridge. Part of the Workshop 'Science versus popular culture in medieval Jewish society' on 9 November 2015, organised by the ERC Calendars Project at the Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, UCL. www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/rese…iquity-middle-ages In this presentation, Dr Gabriele Ferrario explores the evidence related to the study and practice of alchemy in Medieval Jewish societies, focussing in particular on the relationship between theory and practice as portrayed in the fragments found in the Cairo Genizah. Image: T-S Misc. 8.51 (P1, verso), Cambridge University Library. A collection of practical alchemical recipes from medieval Fusṭāṭ Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library