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"The Lute of Wisdom"
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This article is the first interdisciplinary study of excavated early modern lute, a paste that alchemists wrapped around vessels, contextualising its relevance for the history of science. We explore the material epistemology of the alchemical laboratory by opening a conversation between archaeological sciences and the history of the body, medicine, and science. In an age that valued embodied epistemologies, we argue, medicine mattered for cultures of making and affected alchemists' material practices. This article combines the scientific analysis of luted glass remains from the sixteenth century Oberstockstall alchemical laboratory in Kirchberg am Wagram, Lower Austria, with the in-depth study of recipe collections, alchemical, botanical, medical, and metallurgical treatises, and visual sources. Based on this methodology, we argue that the alchemist's material practices were strongly linked to early modern Paracelsian thought and medical understandings of the body. In methodological terms, this article shifts boundaries between historians, archaeologists, and materials scientists.
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Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Society of Exploration Geophysicists. The generous funding of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, awarded to Umberto Veronesi through the London Arts and Humanities Partnership, allowed for the scientific analysis of the Oberstockstall luted glass remains. The British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award-funded event Microscopic Records: The New Interdisciplinarity of Early Modern Studies, c. 1400–1800 (BARSEA19\190084, PI Stefan Hanß, https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/microscopic-records/ accessed January 27, 2023) brought the two authors together and invited reflections on future collaborations. The Philip Leverhulme Prize in History, awarded to Stefan Hanß by The Leverhulme Trust, provided time to write this article. Previous drafts have been shared with friends and colleagues, namely Leah Astbury, Sasha Handley, Amelia Hutchinson, and Elaine Leong, for whose comments we are very grateful. We owe special thanks to Sigrid von Osten and Marcos Martinón-Torres, who provided access to the Oberstockstall materials, and to the two anonymous reviewers for their generous feedback.
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archaeological science material culture of alchemy medicine History and Philosophy of Science