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Le sommaire philosophique, in verse
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Le sommaire philosophique, in verse.
Created
France, [ca. 1900]
Physical Description
ff. 12 : parchment ; 148 x 95 (105 x 75) mm.
Language
French
Notes
Script: Written in a well formed hand imitating French late medieval chancery cursives, but with strong influences of italic also.
In pale brown ink with heading at beginning and explicit in red. Illuminated initial "Q" on f. 1 in a square frame, three miniatures on ff. 3r, 5r, and 9r, within plain gold-leaf arched frames, each about 68 mm. tall, 56 mm. wide.
Parchment thin, often yellow and with evident creases, almost certainly derived from blank portions of one or more large documents.
Binding: Modern French binding of tan niger elaborately tooled in blind and gold, edges gilt, with matching slipcase, the binder's name "RANDEYNES & FILS" stamped on the verso of the front flyleaf.
In French.
Provenance
Mellon MS 62, acquired with the Duveen collection; De Ricci-Bond No. 14 (62). Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
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Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of an alchemical text in verse. With three miniatures 1) Corresponds to the first in the Flamel series and represents the fixation of mercury. 2) The second of the Flamel series, representing the "fair flower on the mountain." 3) Corresponds to the fourth in the Flamel series, depicting the Slaughter of the Innocents.
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Added to Catalog
November 02, 2012
References
Alchemy and the occult Mellon MS 146.
Nicolas Flamel, Le sommaire philosophique. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Nicolas Flamel, Le sommaire philosophique. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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