Speculum Lapidum: A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones

Contributor(s): Leonardi, Camillo (Author), Leopardi, Liliana (Translator)

ISBN: 9780271095394

Publisher: Penn State University Press

Hardcover

$15.99

Pub Date: August 29, 2023

Dewey: 133.25538

LCCN: 2023012983

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.94" H x 9.49" L x 6.47" W ( 1.25 lbs) 240 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Magic in History

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

A full translation of Camillo Leonardi's Speculum Lapidum, with an introduction and annotations. Examines the role that medical astrology and astral magic played in the life of an Italian court in the early modern period.

Brief description: Liliana Leopardi is Associate Professor of Art History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.