Question
Michael Psellus's early alchemical tract On The Making of Gold was dedicated to this clergyman, who Psellus later wrote a funeral oration for. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this alchemy-obsessed clergyman, who feuded with Humbert of Silva Candida over use of azymes and whether clergymen should wear beards.
ANSWER: Michael Keroularios [or Michael Cerularius, or Patriarch Michael I; prompt on Michael I]
[10e] An Abbasid ambassador reportedly witnessed a Byzantine emperor of this name practice alchemy by changing copper to gold. The eleventh emperor of this name served as the final Byzantine emperor.
ANSWER: Constantine [or Constantinus; accept Constantine V; accept Constantine XI Palaiologos]
[10m] The second ruler of this dynasty, Leo VI the Wise, prescribed harsh punishments for counterfeiting alchemists in his Book of the Eparch. Leo completed the Basilika law code named after the founder of this dynasty, Basil I.
ANSWER: Macedonian dynasty [accept Basil I the Macedonian]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| BHSU ReFantazio | BHSU Rebirth | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |