The Chrysopoeia and Golden Fleece: The art of goldmaking (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798308680147)

Giovanni Aurelio Augurello, (1441-1524) was an Italian humanist scholar, poet and alchemist.
Born at Rimini, he studied both laws in Rome, Florence and Padova where he also consorted with the leading scholars of his time. At Florence he befriended Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) and Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) and later while teaching classics in Treviso joined Aldo Mantius' humanist circle in Venice. Apart from his academic and literary work he practically experimented in metallurgy and provided colour pigments for his friend the Hermetic painter Giulio Campagnola.
He is best known for this 1515 allegorical poem on the making of gold, Chrysopoeia, which was dedicated to Pope Leo X.

Author: Adam McLean,Giovanni Aurelio Augurello
ISBN-13: 9798308680147
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2025
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d