Beyond the Literary Sources of Augurello’s Chrysopoeia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16348463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matteo Soranzo (0009-0000-6998-0869, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 81-102 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v45i3.40409 |
| OpenAlex | W4322756184 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In his Neo-Latin poem Chrysopoeia (1515), the Italian humanist Giovanni Aurelio Augurello often declares to be outdoing the ancients in writing the first alchemical poem in Latin. Is this simply an instance of what E. R. Curtius called outdoing a topos? Or is Augurello’s poem actually venturing onto a metaphorically untrodden path? Based on an analysis of Chrysopoeia, its genesis, and its sources, this article aims to assess the extent of this poem’s novelty. In particular, my interpretation focuses on this text’s poetic transpositions of non-literary sources, and more specifically Geber’s Summa perfectionis and other medieval alchemical texts
Alchemy · Art · Humanism · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Theology · Topos theory · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · Historical Studies in Science · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |