THE ENIGMA OF AELIA LAELIA CRISPIS: THE SECRETA OF THE MISTERIOUS BOLOGNA STONE

The Bologna Stone, the object of studies and mysteries linked to it over the centuries, is today kept in the Medieval Civic Museum

From alchemy to esotericism, from history to legend. 

The 'Bologna Stone', over the centuries, has captured and fascinated many scholars who, in order to try to solve the enigma, have put forward the most imaginative and witty interpretations.

Starting from those who remain convinced that, precisely in the synthesis of the enigma, the essence of the famous Philosopher's Stone, chimera of all alchemists, is hidden

it is a false funerary inscription dedicated by a man, hidden behind the pseudonym of Lucius Agatho Priscius, to a woman called Aelia Laelia Crispis. 

The translation from Latin lends itself, as mentioned, to different interpretations, while even to trace its origin it is necessary to make an effort backwards in time