《日之光芒》内容简介
凭借极具隐喻意味的画作，以及有关用贱金属炼制出“贤者之石”这门“伟大技艺”的详细说明，问世于16世纪的《日之光芒》堪称炼金术杰作中最著名和最精美的作品。本书囊括了现藏于大英图书馆的“哈利MS3469”抄本的22幅精美插图，另配有神秘哲学专家乔斯林·戈德温对德语原文的精彩翻译。
《日之光芒》是否出自传奇人物萨洛蒙·特里斯莫辛之手?究竟是谁创作了《日之光芒》中的原始画作?插图中具有隐喻意味和神秘色彩的象征符号代表着什么?通过比较研究保存至今的多份抄本，炼金术领域的四位学者提出了引人入胜的新理论，--揭晓了这些谜团。
作者简介
斯蒂芬·斯金纳(StephenSkinner)
研究15~18世纪魔法抄本的专家，著有超过40本有关西方传统神秘思想的作品。
拉法鸟·T.普林克(RafatT.Prinke)
波兰欧根纽什·皮亚塞茨基大学助理教授他近来出版了一部900页的著作，考察了从最古老时期直至18世纪末的炼金术作品。
乔治亚娜·赫德桑(GeorgianaHedesan)
牛津大学研究员，专业方向是炼金术历史，尤其关注与帕拉塞尔苏斯以及赫尔蒙特相关的运动。
乔斯林·戈德温(JoscelynGodwin)
科尔盖特大学音乐荣休教授，他有关神秘哲学与音乐的作品十分有名，《日之光芒》唯一的当代译本便出自他之手。
译者李岩
毕业于北京大学国际关系学院，译有多部有关世界历史和国际政治的著作，如《现代英国史》《原霸:霸权的演变》《美国外交政策及其智囊》等。
A brief introduction to the Light of the Day
With its metaphorical paintings and detailed descriptions of the "great art" of refining the "philosopher's stone" out of base metals, the 16th-century "Light of the Day" is the most famous and exquisite of the masterpieces of alchemy. This book contains 22 beautifully illustrated copies of Harry MS3469, now in the British Library, with a wonderful translation of the original German text by occult philosophy expert Jocelyn Godwin.
Was "Light of the Day" written by the legendary Salomon Trismosin? Who actually created the original painting in The Light of the Day? What do the metaphorical and mysterious symbols in the illustrations represent? By comparing the many surviving codices, four scholars in the field of alchemy have come up with a fascinating new theory that solves these mysteries.
About the author
StephenSkinner
An expert in magical codices from the 15th to 18th centuries, he has written more than 40 books on mystical ideas in the Western tradition.
RafatT.Prinke
Assistant Professor at Eugenyuz Piasecki University in Poland he recently published a 900-page study of alchemical works from the earliest times to the end of the 18th century.
GeorgianaHedesan
Fellow of the University of Oxford, specialising in the history of alchemy, with a particular interest in the movements associated with Paracelsus and Helmont.
By Jocelyn Godwin
Emeritus professor of music at Colgate University, he is well known for his work on occult philosophy and music, and is the author of the only contemporary translation of The Light of the Day.
Translator Li Yan
Graduated from the School of International Studies of Peking University, he has translated several books on world history and international politics, such as The History of Modern Britain, The Original Hegemon: The Evolution of Hegemony, and American Foreign Policy and Its Think Tank.
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