Alchemical fragments in Latin
Abstract/Description: | 2. fol. 2r: End of an unidentified text. [Conclusion] Deinde pone 1 partem super multas partes eris preparati et commutatur in lunam purissimam. |
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Subject(s): | Alchemy -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts Alchemy -- England -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts England |
Date Issued: | 14--] |
Title: | Alchemical fragments in Latin. | |
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Alternative Title: |
Liber septem experimentorum. Arturus. |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Manuscripts, Latin. | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 14--] | |
Place of Publication: | England? | |
Extent: | 4 leaves ; 21 x 14.5 mounted on paper leaves 36 x 23.5 cm. | |
Abstract/Description: | 2. fol. 2r: End of an unidentified text. [Conclusion] Deinde pone 1 partem super multas partes eris preparati et commutatur in lunam purissimam. | |
Abstract/Description: | 3. fol. 2r-2v: Liber septem experimentorum / Roger Bacon? [Rubric] Incipit liber vii experimentorum que sunt composita pro exemplis hominum in hac sacratissima summa extracta de libro secretorum. [Incipit] Ac[cipe] sanguinem dragonis et calcem peregrinorum que fit albissimis (auriculus) accidentibus ? piscium libro secretorum marinorum que melius suscipit tincturam rubeam propter suam albedinem. | |
Abstract/Description: | 4. fol. 3r-3v (bound reversed): Unidentified text (the use of the first person suggests that it belongs to Arturus [unit 1, above]) | |
Abstract/Description: | 5. fol. 4r-4v (probably bound reversed): Unidentified text. A large tear in the first 5 lines leaves little text there. | |
Table of Contents: | 1. fol. 1r-1v? (1v covered by mounting): Arturus / Richard de Furnivall? [Rubric] Expositio huius libri. Arturus dixit. [Rubric] Accepi arsenicum et elegi illud in quo sunt quedam [v]ene q[uas]i auree, mundum a partibus terrestribus et lapidibus, et pulvericavi ... | |
Note(s): |
Ms. leaves. Collation: Paper, ff. ii + 4 + ii. Written in black ink; rubrics, paragraphs, and highlights of capitals in red ink. Removed from bindings. Accompanying materials: W.J. Wilson, [Description of ms.] (Washington D.C., March 1936). 3 leaves (in a separate envelope) Selected images also available online via The Digital Scriptorium Latin ; Roman cursive script. |
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Subject(s): |
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts Alchemy -- England -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts England |
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Library Classification: | MS NH42 | |
Library Classification: | SHF1940:45 | |
Library Classification: | Ms. Latin 4 | |
Held by: | Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary | |
Is Part Of: | H.J. Wilson, "Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Mss. in the U.S. and Canada," Osiris VI (1939), pp. 463-65 (Ms. 54). | |
Related Title: |
Liber septem experimentorum. 1400. Bacon, Roger,, 1214?-1294 |
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Related Title: |
Arturus. 1400. De Furnivall, Richard. |
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