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Collection of alchemical texts
Title
Collection of alchemical texts.
Production
[Italy], [ca. 1580-1620]
Physical Description
1 v. (78 l.) : paper ; 220 mm x 150 mm
Language
Latin; Italian
Notes
Accompanied by five sheets of notes in a twentieth-century hand.
Script: Italic cursive.
Binding: unbound. Seven signatures loosely sewn into an 18th century? paper wrapper.
In Latin and Italian.
Provenance
Purchased from Jonathan A. Hill on the Charles J. Rosenbloom Fund, 2016.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on paper, in a single cursive hand, incomplete, containing copies of seven alchemical texts. 1) Antonius de Abbatia, "Incipit epistola prima...de transmutatione metallorum;" 2) Ramon Llull, "Tractatus de lapide philosophico;" 3) "Incipit liber fenicis," anonymous text concerning the transmutation of metals into gold; 4) anonymous text, in Italian, on the art of transmutation and on the "seconda quinta essentia;" 5) Ramon Llull, "Epistola Raymondi Lullii de accurtatione lapidis philosoforum," which contains a small illustration of distilling equipment; 6) Arnaldus of Villanova, "Incipit roseta nonella magister Arnald' d' villa nova;" 7) Ramon Llull, "Liber lucis mercuriorum: de compositione celestis," including an illustration of a distilling pot, alchemical recipes, and an alphabetical table of alchemical symbols. Several leaves missing from the end of this text.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2018
References
Collection of Alchemical Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Collection of Alchemical Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works) - Italy - 16th century.
Drawings (visual works) - Italy - 17th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance - Italy - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Renaissance - Italy - 17th century.
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