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"https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/a-review-and-expansion-upon-holy-alchemists-metallurgists-and-pharmacists-the-material-evidence-for-british-monastic-chemistry/", "published_at": "2018-03-27T20:38:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876d-8c90-70b2-8144-166afb124a96", "title": "Distillation by alchemists and for medicine", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/distillation-by-alchemists-and-for-medicine/", "published_at": "2018-02-15T23:23:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876d-8c90-70b2-8144-166afb3cbd4f", "title": "The use of distilled medicine in England in the early 15th century", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/the-use-of-distilled-medicine-in-england-in-the-early-15th-century/", "published_at": "2017-06-22T22:05:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0876d-8c90-70b2-8144-166afb5c31cb", "title": "Turning lead into silver, part 1", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/turning-lead-into-silver-part-1/", "published_at": "2017-06-08T18:27:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f18b706b9", "title": "Alchemy related book review – Dragon’s blood and Willow Bark by Toni Mount", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/alchemy-related-book-review-dragons-blood-and-willow-bark-by-toni-mount/", "published_at": "2017-03-06T20:52:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f18c304d7", "title": "To practise your observational skills – The differences between a medieval original picture and a 17th century copy", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/to-practise-your-observational-skills-the-differences-between-a-medieval-original-picture-and-a-17th-century-copy/", "published_at": "2017-02-22T22:15:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1941ef5d", "title": "The Alchemical testament of John Gibbs of Exeter, and other 16th century English alchemists", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/the-alchemical-testament-of-john-gibbs-of-exeter-and-other-16th-century-english-alchemists/", "published_at": "2017-02-07T21:06:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f19947bbb", "title": "The complicated braid of alchemical thought and practise", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/the-complicated-braid-of-alchemical-thought-and-practise/", "published_at": "2017-01-31T19:22:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1a79a4d3", "title": "So what did people think about the purity of gold in medieval times?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/so-what-did-people-think-about-the-purity-of-gold-in-medieval-times/", "published_at": "2017-01-23T23:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1aaefa71", "title": "Testing modern pewter for lead", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/testing-modern-pewter-for-lead/", "published_at": "2016-11-19T23:25:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1b0ce7e0", "title": "Update time", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/update-time/", "published_at": "2016-11-04T21:55:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1b3a5199", "title": "Making quills for writing with", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/making-quills-for-writing-with/", "published_at": "2016-10-03T19:44:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1c03575f", "title": "Bile from cattle – an overlooked ingredient in alchemy", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/bile-from-cattle-an-overlooked-ingredient-in-alchemy/", "published_at": "2016-09-10T11:11:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c508-53cf-7031-921b-a90f1ca9d5c8", "title": "Alchemical illustrations, colours and an odd vessel", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/alchemical-illustrations-colours-and-an-odd-vessel/", "published_at": "2016-08-07T20:42:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23a7c408a7", "title": "Buy my e-book", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/buy-my-e-book/", "published_at": "2016-06-11T11:49:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23a864c952", "title": "A practical alchemy mystery", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/a-practical-alchemy-mystery/", "published_at": "2016-06-06T19:03:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23a93c097d", "title": "Why I’ve not been posting so much recently", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/why-ive-not-been-posting-so-much-recently/", "published_at": "2016-05-13T18:38:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23aa253608", "title": "And another one bites the dust", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/and-another-one-bites-the-dust/", "published_at": "2016-05-05T21:46:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23aa75f200", "title": "The importance of good lute", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/the-importance-of-good-lute/", "published_at": "2016-04-04T21:32:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23aa909223", "title": "Alchemical texts written and copied in 15th century England – how many survive?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/alchemical-texts-written-and-copied-in-15th-century-england-how-many-survive/", "published_at": "2016-03-25T21:15:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23ab3690ca", "title": "In search of orange", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/in-search-of-orange/", "published_at": "2016-03-09T22:35:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23ab3f817a", "title": "The part medieval alchemy played in the scientific revolution", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/the-part-medieval-alchemy-played-in-the-scientific-revolution/", "published_at": "2016-02-24T21:09:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23abd2f3ce", "title": "Trying to work out practical recipes from 15th century English Alchemical poetry", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/trying-to-work-out-practical-recipes-from-15th-century-english-alchemical-poetry/", "published_at": "2016-02-14T23:10:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c518-d93f-72d5-a6c6-ca23acb829ff", "title": "Transmission of alchemical ideas via travellers and books", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/transmission-of-alchemical-ideas-via-travellers-and-books/", "published_at": "2016-02-06T22:48:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5be8f9989f", "title": "Things alchemy was related to and helped with and used by", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/01/30/things-alchemy-was-related-to-and-helped-with-and-used-by/", "published_at": "2016-01-30T13:32:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5be970b29a", "title": "Sometimes I think people don’t know what Alchemy is, or else they don’t explain why they think there is alchemy in what they see", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/sometimes-i-think-people-dont-know-what-alchemy-is-or-else-they-dont-explain-why-they-think-there-is-alchemy-in-what-they-see/", "published_at": "2016-01-09T19:13:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5be9e663d5", "title": "Using Oak Galls to dye wool", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/using-oak-galls-to-dye-wool/", "published_at": "2015-12-20T17:01:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5beab1be6e", "title": "How widespread were alchemical books in Britain in Medieval times and who owned them?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/how-widespread-were-alchemical-books-in-britain-in-medieval-times-and-who-owned-them/", "published_at": "2015-12-07T20:10:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5beaf31cd3", "title": "When did Medieval Europeans think that Hermes was alive? And a new question.", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/when-did-medieval-europeans-think-that-hermes-was-alive-and-a-new-question/", "published_at": "2015-12-05T17:27:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5beb4e5a3b", "title": "Alchemy and Magic, are they related?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/alchemy-and-magic-are-they-related/", "published_at": "2015-10-08T18:12:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5bec49bb5f", "title": "Making blue and green ink", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/making-blue-and-green-ink/", "published_at": "2015-09-26T13:15:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5bec8d1e1b", "title": "Why this blog has been a bit quiet recently", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/why-this-blog-has-been-a-bit-quiet-recently/", "published_at": "2015-09-08T21:39:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5beccc53f9", "title": "A closer look at Harley 2407, thanks to D W Singer", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/a-closer-look-at-harley-2407-thanks-to-d-w-singer/", "published_at": "2015-08-29T21:00:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c523-dfb3-7227-af93-1b5beda8c3ce", "title": "A blog post which I find interesting, but also perhaps has a flaw…", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/a-blog-post-which-i-find-interesting-but-also-perhaps-has-a-flaw/", "published_at": "2015-08-18T17:37:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f14f3c8d1", "title": "Not really alchemy but maybe to some people", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/626/", "published_at": "2015-08-06T22:32:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f150bf969", "title": "Re-visiting a previous experiment", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/re-visiting-a-previous-experiment/", "published_at": "2015-08-06T22:31:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f15c3f348", "title": "Some notes on “Misticall wordes and Names Infinite” by Humphrey Locke", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/some-notes-on-misticall-wordes-and-names-infinite-by-humphrey-locke/", "published_at": "2015-07-30T22:21:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f1635f259", "title": "What makes a negromancer an alchemist?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/what-makes-a-negromancer-an-alchemist/", "published_at": "2015-07-17T08:17:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f16496189", "title": "On the word “Alchumy”, “Alconamye” and variations thereof in English", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/on-the-word-alchumy-alconamye-and-variations-thereof-in-english/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T17:48:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f1697b178", "title": "The “Natural Magic” of Giambattista della Porta", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/the-natural-magic-of-giambattista-della-porta/", "published_at": "2015-07-01T22:11:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f16efb805", "title": "Distillation in 15th century England", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/distillation-in-15th-century-england/", "published_at": "2015-06-12T10:59:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f1766b597", "title": "Is this an unusual and often overlooked piece of alchemical equipment?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/is-this-an-unusual-and-often-overlooked-piece-of-alchemical-equipment/", "published_at": "2015-05-25T17:37:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f17b55d95", "title": "My alchemical demonstrations at re-enactment events", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/my-alchemical-demonstrations-at-re-enactment-events/", "published_at": "2015-05-12T18:50:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c52f-6e48-72af-a32e-8d2f18507f87", "title": "Alchemy and Astrology – something I read", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/alchemy-and-astrology-something-i-read/", "published_at": "2015-05-04T17:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278e7ae534", "title": "On footnotes, references and endnotes", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/on-footnotes-references-and-endnotes/", "published_at": "2015-04-29T18:10:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278ec42aab", "title": "Making the oil of vitriol and why I’ve been using the wrong distillation equipment", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/making-the-oil-of-vitriol-and-why-ive-been-using-the-wrong-distillation-equipment/", "published_at": "2015-04-18T09:51:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278ec8d8b5", "title": "There is a lot more to research in medieval alchemical manuscripts than people know of", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/574/", "published_at": "2015-03-16T22:13:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278ecc8782", "title": "Mountains and alchemy", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/mountains-and-alchemy/", "published_at": "2015-02-26T15:11:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278f0690c5", "title": "Touchstones and streak testing", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/touchstones-and-streak-testing/", "published_at": "2015-02-18T14:16:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278fa73f38", "title": "How old is hydrochloric acid?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/how-old-is-hydrochloric-acid/", "published_at": "2015-02-09T22:46:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278fb1bcc7", "title": "The success of John Damien at the court of King James IV of Scotland", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/the-success-of-john-damien-at-the-court-of-king-james-iv-of-scotland/", "published_at": "2015-02-01T21:06:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a278fd8a189", "title": "Purification of Saltpetre, part one", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/purification-of-saltpetre-part-one/", "published_at": "2015-01-25T20:49:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a27900a9a02", "title": "Medieval treatments for sore joints", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/medieval-treatments-for-sore-joints/", "published_at": "2015-01-08T16:48:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c539-c1c1-72d6-8573-7a27904b7d88", "title": "Sorry it has been so quiet recently", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/sorry-it-has-been-so-quiet-recently/", "published_at": "2014-12-20T19:32:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3cf6b06a", "title": "The place of bellows in alchemy", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/the-place-of-bellows-in-alchemy/", "published_at": "2014-11-26T15:26:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3ddb718b", "title": "Dyeing silk and wool with brazilwood that isn’t from Brazil", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/dyeing-silk-and-wool-with-brazilwood-that-isnt-from-brazil/", "published_at": "2014-11-12T19:34:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3e34a1aa", "title": "Gunpowder that doesn’t go bang", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/gunpowder-that-doesnt-go-bang/", "published_at": "2014-11-05T21:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3ea44779", "title": "So I thought I would split off the Medieval and Tudor metal casting into a sibling blog", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/so-i-thought-i-would-split-off-the-medieval-and-tudor-metal-casting-into-a-sibling-blog/", "published_at": "2014-10-25T20:06:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3edb1568", "title": "I wrote an e-book on Alchemy in medieval and Tudor England", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/i-wrote-an-e-book-on-alchemy-in-medieval-and-tudor-england/", "published_at": "2014-10-22T21:42:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3ee4026c", "title": "Why are some medieval alchemical texts more popular than others?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/why-are-some-medieval-alchemical-texts-more-popular-than-others/", "published_at": "2014-10-22T21:28:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c3fa54686", "title": "What the lute on the outside of my cucurbit looks like after it has been used a few times", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/what-the-lute-on-the-outside-of-my-cucurbit-looks-like-after-it-has-been-used-a-few-times/", "published_at": "2014-10-09T20:05:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c401ff1ed", "title": "I’ve had more work", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/ive-had-more-work/", "published_at": "2014-09-27T20:06:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c4090f423", "title": "A note on the alleged alchemist Nicholas Flamel", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/a-note-on-the-alleged-alchemist-nicholas-flamel/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T20:16:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-1c96-7030-9db7-e07c40f8a54d", "title": "Another comment on Jonathan Hughes", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/09/06/another-comment-on-jonathan-hughes/", "published_at": "2014-09-06T19:26:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b81f13b6a", "title": "Strange bright yellow stuff turned up in the ash of my firebox", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/strange-bright-yellow-stuff-turned-up-in-the-ash-of-my-firebox/", "published_at": "2014-09-05T21:07:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b82a4d5e9", "title": "Dyeing cloth with indigo is very hard", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/dyeing-cloth-with-indigo-is-very-hard/", "published_at": "2014-08-27T22:40:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b834457ab", "title": "Making Salt of Urine", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/making-salt-of-urine/", "published_at": "2014-08-18T22:04:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b83659a5a", "title": "A short video of heating alum", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/a-short-video-of-heating-alum/", "published_at": "2014-08-06T11:12:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b8395cdf1", "title": "Is there much evidence for direct master- pupil transmission of alchemical knowledge in the 13th to 16th centuries, and how much did initiation matter versus learning from books?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/is-there-much-evidence-for-direct-master-pupil-transmission-of-alchemical-knowledge-in-the-13th-to-16th-centuries-and-how-much-did-initiation-matter-versus-learning-from-books/", "published_at": "2014-08-04T11:28:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b84345ad8", "title": "I won’t tell you what this is", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/i-wont-tell-you-what-this-is/", "published_at": "2014-07-23T19:26:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b84a6d007", "title": "The distillation of alcohol", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/the-distillation-of-alcohol/", "published_at": "2014-07-01T22:14:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b852a885f", "title": "Sorry about the hiatus", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/sorry-about-the-hiatus/", "published_at": "2014-06-11T18:31:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b85acda63", "title": "The use of stone moulds in 13th century Germany", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/the-use-of-stone-moulds-in-13th-century-germany/", "published_at": "2014-06-03T17:49:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54b-eba8-708d-bc58-601b863980c9", "title": "Dyeing wool yellow with weld", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/dyeing-wool-yellow-with-weld/", "published_at": "2014-05-04T13:26:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d2932bdb251", "title": "This is perhaps the easiest way to get a picture of something online.", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/this-is-perhaps-the-easiest-way-to-get-a-picture-of-something-online/", "published_at": "2014-04-30T19:39:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d293390df42", "title": "The use of original artefacts by re-enactors", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/the-use-of-original-artefacts-by-re-enactors/", "published_at": "2014-04-17T19:13:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d29345fea64", "title": "Something many people don’t know about high medieval times", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/something-many-people-dont-know-about-high-medieval-times/", "published_at": "2014-04-07T20:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d293511a1b4", "title": "The value of a scholarly edition and/ or translation of a work is far beyond the text itself", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/the-value-of-a-scholarly-edition-and-or-translation-of-a-work-is-far-beyond-the-text-itself/", "published_at": "2014-03-29T20:42:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d293609b4b2", "title": "Contamination of saltpetre in medieval and post-medieval Europe", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/contamination-of-saltpetre-in-medieval-and-post-medieval-europe/", "published_at": "2014-03-18T21:38:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d2936730cf6", "title": "What chemical and alchemical substances were available in late 16th century England?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/what-chemical-and-alchemical-substances-were-available-in-late-16th-century-england/", "published_at": "2014-03-05T22:19:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d29372b3f51", "title": "An object lesson in why you should be sceptical of your historical sources", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/an-object-lesson-in-why-you-should-be-sceptical-of-your-historical-sources/", "published_at": "2014-02-24T20:51:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d2937b0df7c", "title": "Some news", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/some-news/", "published_at": "2014-02-17T21:25:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d2938737430", "title": "Awareness of hazards in foundry work, mining and medicine", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/awareness-of-hazards-in-foundry-work-mining-and-medicine/", "published_at": "2014-02-17T20:39:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-35af-72fc-b7ed-0d2939330f8d", "title": "Health and safety in alchemy", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/health-and-safety-in-alchemy/", "published_at": "2014-02-06T23:20:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fb-728b-b329-8fba4bcc02b5", "title": "Illustrations of furnaces and why they aren’t always a good source", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/illustrations-of-furnaces-and-why-they-arent-always-a-good-source/", "published_at": "2014-02-01T21:06:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fb-728b-b329-8fba4c96fc26", "title": "Why Jonathan Hughes is a poor historian part 2", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/why-jonathan-hughes-is-a-poor-historian-part-2/", "published_at": "2014-01-20T19:45:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fb-728b-b329-8fba4cfda7c8", "title": "Bleaching linen in medieval times", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/bleaching-linen-in-medieval-times/", "published_at": "2014-01-15T19:56:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-47957fd4a485", "title": "How the historians world is opening up and this is a good time to be an amateur", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/how-the-historians-world-is-opening-up-and-this-is-a-good-time-to-be-an-amateur/", "published_at": "2013-12-30T12:56:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-4795805e538b", "title": "What I did on my holidays, or, Tudor pottery kilns are great", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/what-i-did-on-my-holidays-or-tudor-pottery-kilns-are-great/", "published_at": "2013-12-19T15:09:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-479580b5be42", "title": "Medieval poisons for killing animals and people", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/medieval-poisons-for-killing-animals-and-people/", "published_at": "2013-12-16T12:12:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-479581acf318", "title": "Upping the game of re-enactors – why there’s no excuse nowadays for badly wrong clothing", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/upping-the-game-of-re-enactors-why-theres-no-excuse-nowadays-for-badly-wrong-clothing/", "published_at": "2013-12-11T15:48:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-479582074d7e", "title": "Since it is Winter, what does an alchemist say about working conditions?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/since-it-is-winter-what-does-an-alchemist-say-about-working-conditions/", "published_at": "2013-12-08T23:01:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-47958237d056", "title": "Making red ink", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/making-red-ink/", "published_at": "2013-12-04T17:49:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-b0fc-72d5-bf9e-47958281f27b", "title": "Where were medieval church bells cast? Have people got completely the wrong idea?", "url": "https://distillatio.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/where-were-medieval-church-bells-cast-have-people-got-completely-the-wrong-idea/", "published_at": "2013-12-01T17:55:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

A historic way to seal vessels tightly to preserve their contentsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2025

2024

Athanor’s, what are they?original ↗
7 Apr 2024

2022

Review of “The experimental Fire” by Jennifer Ramplingoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2022
A dyeing recipe that parallels an alchemical quintessence recipeoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022

2020

On what alchemy was and the gap in public knowledge of alchemyoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020

2018

Aqua Lunaris and Oleum Solis – by Richard Stanihurstoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2018
A review and expansion upon “Holy Alchemists, metallurgists and pharmacists: The material evidence for British Monastic Chemistry”original ↗
27 Mar 2018
Distillation by alchemists and for medicineoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2018

2017

The use of distilled medicine in England in the early 15th centuryoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2017
Turning lead into silver, part 1original ↗
8 Jun 2017
Alchemy related book review – Dragon’s blood and Willow Bark by Toni Mountoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2017
To practise your observational skills – The differences between a medieval original picture and a 17th century copyoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2017
The Alchemical testament of John Gibbs of Exeter, and other 16th century English alchemistsoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2017
The complicated braid of alchemical thought and practiseoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2017
So what did people think about the purity of gold in medieval times?original ↗
23 Jan 2017

2016

Testing modern pewter for leadoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2016
Update timeoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2016
Making quills for writing withoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2016
Bile from cattle – an overlooked ingredient in alchemyoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2016
Alchemical illustrations, colours and an odd vesseloriginal ↗
7 Aug 2016
Buy my e-bookoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2016
A practical alchemy mysteryoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2016
Why I’ve not been posting so much recentlyoriginal ↗
13 May 2016
And another one bites the dustoriginal ↗
5 May 2016
The importance of good luteoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2016
Alchemical texts written and copied in 15th century England – how many survive?original ↗
25 Mar 2016
In search of orangeoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2016
The part medieval alchemy played in the scientific revolutionoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2016
Trying to work out practical recipes from 15th century English Alchemical poetryoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2016
Transmission of alchemical ideas via travellers and booksoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2016
Things alchemy was related to and helped with and used byoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2016
Sometimes I think people don’t know what Alchemy is, or else they don’t explain why they think there is alchemy in what they seeoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2016

2015

Using Oak Galls to dye wooloriginal ↗
20 Dec 2015
How widespread were alchemical books in Britain in Medieval times and who owned them?original ↗
7 Dec 2015
When did Medieval Europeans think that Hermes was alive? And a new question.original ↗
5 Dec 2015
Alchemy and Magic, are they related?original ↗
8 Oct 2015
Making blue and green inkoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2015
Why this blog has been a bit quiet recentlyoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2015
A closer look at Harley 2407, thanks to D W Singeroriginal ↗
29 Aug 2015
A blog post which I find interesting, but also perhaps has a flaw…original ↗
18 Aug 2015
Not really alchemy but maybe to some peopleoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2015
Re-visiting a previous experimentoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2015
Some notes on “Misticall wordes and Names Infinite” by Humphrey Lockeoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2015
What makes a negromancer an alchemist?original ↗
17 Jul 2015
On the word “Alchumy”, “Alconamye” and variations thereof in Englishoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2015
The “Natural Magic” of Giambattista della Portaoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2015
Distillation in 15th century Englandoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2015
Is this an unusual and often overlooked piece of alchemical equipment?original ↗
25 May 2015
My alchemical demonstrations at re-enactment eventsoriginal ↗
12 May 2015
Alchemy and Astrology – something I readoriginal ↗
4 May 2015
On footnotes, references and endnotesoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2015
Making the oil of vitriol and why I’ve been using the wrong distillation equipmentoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2015
There is a lot more to research in medieval alchemical manuscripts than people know oforiginal ↗
16 Mar 2015
Mountains and alchemyoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2015
Touchstones and streak testingoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2015
How old is hydrochloric acid?original ↗
9 Feb 2015
The success of John Damien at the court of King James IV of Scotlandoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2015
Purification of Saltpetre, part oneoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2015
Medieval treatments for sore jointsoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2015

2014

Sorry it has been so quiet recentlyoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2014
The place of bellows in alchemyoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2014
Dyeing silk and wool with brazilwood that isn’t from Braziloriginal ↗
12 Nov 2014
Gunpowder that doesn’t go bangoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2014
So I thought I would split off the Medieval and Tudor metal casting into a sibling blogoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2014
I wrote an e-book on Alchemy in medieval and Tudor Englandoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2014
Why are some medieval alchemical texts more popular than others?original ↗
22 Oct 2014
What the lute on the outside of my cucurbit looks like after it has been used a few timesoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2014
I’ve had more workoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2014
A note on the alleged alchemist Nicholas Flameloriginal ↗
14 Sept 2014
Another comment on Jonathan Hughesoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2014
Strange bright yellow stuff turned up in the ash of my fireboxoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2014
Dyeing cloth with indigo is very hardoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2014
Making Salt of Urineoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2014
A short video of heating alumoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2014
Is there much evidence for direct master- pupil transmission of alchemical knowledge in the 13th to 16th centuries, and how much did initiation matter versus learning from books?original ↗
4 Aug 2014
I won’t tell you what this isoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2014
The distillation of alcoholoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2014
Sorry about the hiatusoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2014
The use of stone moulds in 13th century Germanyoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2014
Dyeing wool yellow with weldoriginal ↗
4 May 2014
This is perhaps the easiest way to get a picture of something online.original ↗
30 Apr 2014
The use of original artefacts by re-enactorsoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2014
Something many people don’t know about high medieval timesoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2014
The value of a scholarly edition and/ or translation of a work is far beyond the text itselforiginal ↗
29 Mar 2014
Contamination of saltpetre in medieval and post-medieval Europeoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2014
What chemical and alchemical substances were available in late 16th century England?original ↗
5 Mar 2014
An object lesson in why you should be sceptical of your historical sourcesoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2014
Some newsoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2014
Awareness of hazards in foundry work, mining and medicineoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2014
Health and safety in alchemyoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2014
Illustrations of furnaces and why they aren’t always a good sourceoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2014
Why Jonathan Hughes is a poor historian part 2original ↗
20 Jan 2014
Bleaching linen in medieval timesoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2014

2013

How the historians world is opening up and this is a good time to be an amateuroriginal ↗
30 Dec 2013
What I did on my holidays, or, Tudor pottery kilns are greatoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2013
Medieval poisons for killing animals and peopleoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2013
Upping the game of re-enactors – why there’s no excuse nowadays for badly wrong clothingoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2013
Since it is Winter, what does an alchemist say about working conditions?original ↗
8 Dec 2013
Making red inkoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2013
Where were medieval church bells cast? Have people got completely the wrong idea?original ↗
1 Dec 2013
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