A few decades ago, William Newman drew attention to the significance of the medieval alchemical debate over the possibility of transmuting metals, which was closely connected to the Avicennan phrase known as Sciant artifices. Newman pointed to Albert the Great (ca. 1200–1280) as one of the participants in this debate. While Newman has covered Albert’s engagement with this Avicennan dictum only partially, this paper aims to enrich our knowledge of this episode by examining a range of further sources concerning Albert’s approach to the Sciant artifices dictum, and thereby to provide a better insight into the role it played in the work of the Dominican master.

几十年前，威廉·纽曼（William Newman）提请注意中世纪炼金术关于金属转化可能性的辩论的重要性，这与被称为Sciant artifices的阿维森南短语密切相关。纽曼指出阿尔伯特大帝（约 1200-1280 年）是这场辩论的参与者之一。虽然 Newman 仅部分介绍了 Albert 对 Avicennan 格言的参与，但本文旨在通过研究有关 Albert 对Sciant artifices格言的方法的一系列进一步资料来丰富我们对这一事件的了解，从而更好地了解它的作用。在多米尼加大师的作品中演奏。