{"product_id":"speculum-lapidum-a-renaissance-treatise-on-the-healing-properties-of-gemstones-hardcover","title":"Speculum Lapidum: A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamillo Leonardi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLiliana Leopardi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early modern Europe precious and semiprecious stones were valued not only for their beauty and rarity but also for their medical and magical properties. Lorenzo de' Medici, Philip II of Spain, and Popes Leo X and Clement VII were all treated with expensive potions incorporating ground gems such as rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. Medical and magical\/astrological lapidaries, texts describing the stones' occult and medical qualities as well as their abilities to ward off demons and incantations, were essential resources for their use. First published in Venice in 1502, Camillo Leonardi's \u003ci\u003eSpeculum Lapidum\u003c\/i\u003e is an encyclopedic summary of all classical and medieval sources of lithotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn describing the natural, manifest, and occult properties of precious and semiprecious stones as well as their graven images and applications, the \u003ci\u003eSpeculum Lapidum\u003c\/i\u003e provides tremendous insight into the role that medical astrology and astral magic played in the life of an Italian court in the early modern period. Liliana Leopardi's English translation, complete with critical apparatuses, gives unprecedented access to this key text within the magical lapidary genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vital addition to the existing canon of \u003ci\u003elapidaria\u003c\/i\u003e in translation, Leopardi's work will be of special importance for students and scholars of the history of magic, medicine, religion, and Renaissance humanism, and it will fascinate anyone interested in the occult properties of precious and semiprecious stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLiliana Leopardi\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Art History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.49 x 6.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44675198156886,"sku":"9780271095394","price":53.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/5138\/4918\/files\/TRjpe68Wtu9780271095394.webp?v=1778208627","url":"https:\/\/www.sourceandsage.com\/products\/speculum-lapidum-a-renaissance-treatise-on-the-healing-properties-of-gemstones-hardcover","provider":"Source \u0026 Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}