[2] The date of Blanquerna, and hence of our classic, is put down at 1283.
[3] Lull is said to have been enticed to England (in the summer of 1305) by King Edward I, who believed him to have the secret of the Philosopher’s Stone. But this story has no sure foundation.
[4] Less than half of these works are theological. The remainder deal with the most diverse subjects, such as metaphysics, logic, ethics, physics, medicine, mathematics, and chemistry.