Guthrie Stewart
I have some odd hobbies. They include re-creating medieval and Tudor casting and alchemy in as authentic a way as possible. I find taking technology back down to its basics fascinating, and like to share my knowledge and experience with others. Hence the purpose of this blog is to showcase what I have learnt and done over the last few years.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
Alchemy medieval alchemy Distillation medieval Texts medieval technology Medical matters Tudor Dyeing alchemical texts quintessence medicine Admin Writing
Review of “The experimental Fire” by Jennifer Rampling
8 October 2022
I am afraid that this review is 18 months late, due to running out of spoons in 2021 after moving house whilst also work being very busy and the ongoing pandemic running as a stressful...
A dyeing recipe that parallels an alchemical quintessence recipe
9 February 2022
At the weekend I was browsing page 298 of Clarke’s The crafte of Lymming etc.. published by the Early English Text Society a few years ago and found this interesting recipe. From...
On what alchemy was and the gap in public knowledge of alchemy
13 January 2020
My friend Ted put up a bit of a mischeivous twitter poll before Christmas, that asked: Let’s settle this once and for all. Alchemy was a 1. Vain pursuit of lead into gold with...
Aqua Lunaris and Oleum Solis – by Richard Stanihurst
30 December 2018
I was recently given a copy of a transcription and translation of the above named MS, done by Conleth Loonan. The work is probably by Stanihurst, but it hasn’t exactly been signed...