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Bernard trevisan, also known as bernard of treviso, bernardus trevisanus, bernard of treves, was a fictional italian alchemist who lived from 1406 1490. Bernard trevisan 1406 1490, italian alchemist world. Alchemist astrologer physician all things are poison, and nothing is without poison. The scammer later got his comeuppance when he was jailed and then beheaded for trying to make a customer out of a duke who eventually saw through bragadino s tricks 8081. The function of alchemy in modern young adult fantasy.