Petrus Bonus
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Petrus Bonus Lombardus was a supposed fourteenth century physician at Ferrara
, and writer on alchemy
. He is best known for the attribution to him of Margarita preciosa novella, from around 1330, an influential alchemical text. His supposed Introductio In Divinam Chemicae Artem was much later printed (1572).
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
, and writer on alchemy
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
. He is best known for the attribution to him of Margarita preciosa novella, from around 1330, an influential alchemical text. His supposed Introductio In Divinam Chemicae Artem was much later printed (1572).