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alchemy

Library & Archives

Alchemy in the College collections

Alchemists believed that the codes and puzzles contained in these texts mapped out a way to transform base metals like tin and lead into gold.

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Ripley's alchemical scrolls

The alchemical scrolls which are associated with George Ripley are unusual manuscripts which illustrate the pursuit of the Philosophers' Stone.

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