Geber and Rhazes Alchemists from the Biblical Lands

GEBER AND RHAZES ALCHEMISTS FROM THE BIBLICAL LANDS 

The Diocletian story (see p. 106) is a nice one. However, it seems that Arabic alchemy only reached the West (including Rome) around the eleventh century, so the story may be charitably termed legendary.  

FIGURE 95. Frontispiece from Geber, De Aldumia Libri Tres (Strasbourg, 1529) (courtesy of The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University). 

From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story. By Arthbir Greenberg. Copyright 2007 John Wiley Sl Sons, Inc. 

The Norton History of Chemistry, Norton, New York, 1993, pp. 19-24. 

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