Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Ambix. 2024 May;71(2):172-190. doi: 10.1080/00026980.2024.2338632. Epub 2024 Apr 15.
Research into the history of alchemy and Paracelsianism in Italy has highlighted the role of Italian courts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as centres of elaboration and diffusion of alchemical knowledge. Among these, one of the best known is the Medici court which already dedicated spaces in the ducal foundry to the alchemical arts in the time of Cosimo I. This interest would remain alive with Francesco I and his son, Don Antonio de' Medici, one of the greatest supporters of Paracelsian medicine in Italy. This contribution presents previously unpublished sources, now preserved in the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and in the collection of the Biblioteca degli Intronati in Siena, that can help us reconstruct in greater detail some significant aspects of Medici alchemical engagement and can, above all, help further determine Paracelsus's influence in seventeenth century Florence.
对意大利炼金术和帕拉塞尔苏斯主义历史的研究强调了 16 世纪和 17 世纪意大利宫廷作为炼金术知识阐述和传播中心的作用。在这些宫廷中，最著名的之一是美第奇宫廷，在科西莫一世时期，公爵铸造厂已经为炼金术艺术提供了空间。这种兴趣在弗朗切斯科一世和他的儿子、意大利帕拉塞尔苏斯医学的最大支持者之一唐·安东尼奥·德·美第奇时期仍然存在。本研究介绍了一些先前未发表的资料，这些资料现保存在佛罗伦萨国家档案馆和锡耶纳的因托尼图书馆收藏中，这些资料可以帮助我们更详细地重建美第奇宫廷参与炼金术的一些重要方面，而且最重要的是，有助于进一步确定帕拉塞尔苏斯在 17 世纪佛罗伦萨的影响。
