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VMs: Distillation...?
Hi everyone,
Has anyone here looked at Hier Brunshwygk's "Liber de arte distillandi"
(originally printed circa 1500)?
Distillation between Queen Elizabeth (of Hungary)'s "Hungary Water" (circa
1370-1400) and 1500 can't have only been alchemistic, surely?
Relevance: one long-standing hypothesis about the VMS pharma section is
that it actually describes perfumes or potions - for example, it should be
clear that Caterina Sforza's obsession with her Experimenti was only
unusual because of its scale, not because of its subject matter.
Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
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