Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany by Tara Nummedal

Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany

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Tara Nummedal

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In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenb ttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gems...

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