Raccolta di celebri arcani chimici da diversi famosi filosofi dati in luce et esperimentati

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1500/1599

Description:

Chemical/alchemical work (p. 1-154), preceded by an explanation of astronomical and chemical symbols and by a table of contents (p. [vii]-[xii] before p. 1), to which page references were added by the same hand that added the pagination. Begins (p. 1) with a chapter on "lapis philosophorum" and continues with astrological, alchemical and pharmaceutical sections, e.g. Sole di Fra Giorgio d'Armenia; sole in mercurio; lavoro mercuriale; oglio d'antimonio' sale di vitriolo; purificatione di mercurio; ad morbum gallicum. Also includes a litany of the Blessed Virgin (p.158-159), very similar to the Litany of Loreto.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher (bookplate, inside upper cover); description from unidentified dealer's catalogue (inside lower cover).; Acquired, 1963.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/62

Subject:

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Astrology; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Chemistry -- History; Chemistry; History; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Pharmacology -- Early works to 1800; Pharmacology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); recipes; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

88 leaves : paper; 197 x 142 (178 x 116) mm bound to 207 x 141 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. [v]).; Incipit and explicit: (p. 1) Philosophorum lapidis. Confectio sincerissima a quodam philosopho ... (p. 154) confortat in agonia.; Collation: Paper, i (17th-century paper) + 88 + i (17th-century paper); 1¹⁰(-1) 2-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰(-1); [x], 1-166; pagination in ink in a somewhat later hand, upper outer corners. Signatures on first recto and last verso of each quire, lower inner corner. Catchwords in lower right corner, each page. Link to collation model at end of record.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Alchemical symbols throughout; a few manicules (p. 31, 82).; Binding: 17th-century Italian half vellum. Cover starting to pull loose, particularly at inside front hinge. Manuscript was trimmed for rebinding and edges sprinkled with red.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Italian, with some Latin.; Related Work: Catholic Church. Litany of Loreto.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 124