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Albertus Magnus and the Queen of the Elves: A 15th-Century English Verse Dialogue on Alchemy
dc.contributor.author | Grund, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-03T19:41:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-03T19:41:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-12-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Grund, Peter. 2004. “Albertus Magnus and the Queen of the Elves: A 15th-Century English Verse Dialogue on Alchemy.” Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 122(4): 640–662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ANGL.2004.640 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13149 | |
dc.description | This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from doi:10.1515/ANGL.2004.640 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article presents an edition of a Middle English verse tract on alchemy based on Trinity College, Cambridge, MS R. 14. 44 (15th century). The tract, entitled “Semita Recta Albertus peribet testimonium”, is structured as a dialogue between Albertus Magnus, the famous medieval scholar (c. 1200–1280), and Elchyӡell, the Queen of the Elves. In the dialogue, Elchyӡell instructs Albertus on how to produce an alchemical elixir that will produce silver or gold. Besides presenting the edition, this article also places the dialogue in the tradition of alchemical and scientific writing in Middle English. I argue that, as in the case of many other alchemical texts of the period, the author of this tract uses Albertus and the setting of the poem to bestow dignity and credibility on the text. Furthermore, it is shown that the tract exploits several presentation strategies common in other alchemical and scientific texts, such as the verse medium, the dialogue format, the recipe structure and coded language. However, I also demonstrate that this text appears to be unique in the way it utilizes and combines these presentation strategies. | |
dc.publisher | Walter de Gruyter | |
dc.title | Albertus Magnus and the Queen of the Elves: A 15th-Century English Verse Dialogue on Alchemy | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Grund, Peter | |
kusw.kudepartment | English | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1515/ANGL.2004.640 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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