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Changing Colour – yellow dyes from antiquity to early modernity

Introduction

Introduction
Changing Colour: Yellow Dyes from Antiquity to Early Modernity
Marjolijn Bol, Matteo Martelli, Lucia Raggetti & Jennifer M. Rampling
Pages: 1-9
Published online: 20 Mar 2024
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Is Gold Yellow? Plant Dyes and Gold-Making in the Ancient Chemical Arts
Caterina Manco & Matteo Martelli
Pages: 10-34
Published online: 07 Mar 2024
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Stolen Horses and Scented Garments: Vegetal and Mineral Yellow in Arabic Technical Literature
Lucia Raggetti
Pages: 35-72
Published online: 01 Mar 2024
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Citrination and its Discontents: Yellow as a Sign of Alchemical Change
Jennifer M. Rampling
Pages: 73-97
Published online: 29 Feb 2024
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Making Yellows Last with Nitric Acid: Exploring Colour Permanence in Art and Knowledge, 1600–1850
Marjolijn Bol & Giacomo Montanari
Pages: 98-122
Published online: 06 Mar 2024
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Epilogue

Introduction
The Historical Chemist
Giacomo Montanari, Marianna Marchini & Lucia Maini
Pages: 123-131
Published online: 14 Mar 2024
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Atoms, Corpuscles and Minima in the Renaissance
Edited by Christoph Lüthy and Elena Nicoli. Pp. x + 322, illus., index. Brill: Leiden and Boston. 2023. (Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science, vol. 36). £139.50. ISBN: 978-90-04-52891-8.
Antonio Clericuzio
Pages: 132-133
Published online: 21 Dec 2023
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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World
By Ralph Bauer. Pp. 670, illus., index. University of Virginia Press: Charlottesville, VA. 2019. £65.50 (hardback), £32.50 (paperback). ISBN: 9780813942544 (hardback), 9780813942568 (paperback).
Jennifer M. Rampling
Pages: 133-135
Published online: 21 Nov 2023
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Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature
By Curtis Runstedler. Pp. xii+205, index. Springer/Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. 2023. £110.50. ISBN: 978-3-031-26605-8.
Joe Stadolnik
Pages: 135-137
Published online: 30 Jan 2024
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The Gas Mask in Interwar Germany: Visions of Chemical Modernity
By Peter Thompson. Pp. 328, illus., index. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 2023. £107.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-009-314824.
Alison McManus
Pages: 137-138
Published online: 07 Nov 2023
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Announcement

Announcement
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2024
Pages: 139-140
Published online: 26 Jan 2024
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