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07 Aug 2020

Karl Sudhoffs description of the Paracelsian manuscripts (1899) is online.
THEO.

01 Aug 2020

The Surgical Writings of Paracelsus in the Print of Strasbourg 1605 are online. The Huser Edition in the Paracelsus database THEO is now complete.
THEO.

23 Oct 2019

Sudhoff Edition vols. 6 and 7 are online. They contain among other things the import writings on syphilis, minor surgical writings like the Bertheonea and the Spital-Buch.

20 Oct 2019

With the last volume 10 (with Appendix and Folliculus) the Huser Edtion (1589-1591) is now complete available on the Paracelsus database THEO. This is a milestone for the whole area of Paracelsus studies and German language studies of the early modern period.

8 Oct 2019

Release of a new version of the Paracelsus database THEO with extended search options and the possibility of error reporting on the fly.

8 Oct 2019

Huser Edition vol. 5 (with Appendix) and vol. 9 are online.

14 Apr 2019

Sudhoff vol. 12 containing the Astronomia Magna is now online in THEO

8 Apr 2019

Huser vol. 7 is now online in THEO

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The Zurich Paracelsus Project

The Scope of Paracelsus Studies

The Swiss physician, natural philosopher, alchemist, and radical theologian Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541), belongs to the most well known figures in Renaissance history. The systematic research regarding his collected works is still rather neglected. Paracelsus's writings cover a vast range including medicine, surgery, natural philosophy, alchemy, astronomy, natural magic, and reformation theology. The scholarly focus of the last decades was rather on Paracelsus's influence on the development of the sciences than on the very origins: his life and works. For example a whole quarter of his extensive theological oeuvre was never printed in spite of his fame. The situation looks hardly better for the printed medical and philosophical writings. For the most part they lack a scholarly edition which includes a critical apparatus and specific comments.

The Zurich Paracelsus Project and the New Paracelsus Edition were founded to meet these editorial requirements. The main objectives of the Paracelsus project are the completion of the edition of the works and the indexing of the content by means of a general index and a database.

Research Objectives

  • Promotion of Paracelsus Studies especially on the life and teachings
  • Scholarly edition of the unprinted theological works New Paracelsus Edition
  • Re-edition of selected medical, theological, prophetic, and magical works
  • Construction of the comprehensive searchable Paracelsus Database THEO of the complete works
  • General index of the complete works

Contact

Urs Leo Gantenbein, Dr.med., M.Sc.
Paracelsus Project
Ackeretstrasse 16, CH-8400 Winterthur
Phone: +41 52 222 27 86
Fax: +41 52 223 03 32
Email: ursleo.gantenbein
[at]paracelsus-project.org
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NPE 1: Vita Beata

Paracelsus: NPE 1 Vita Beata In Print Preview