Viridarium regale

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1676

Description:

Collection of short works on chemistry, distillation, treatments and remedies for diseases, etc. Begins with Operationes divini Raymundi Lulli (p. 1-16). Continues with De medendis omnibus morbis (p. 17-676); among the sections are De tabaco, De chymia, Natura tinctarum, etc.

Language:

Latin; Italian; Greek, Modern (1453-)

Provenance:

Acquired, 1962.

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Aquavit; Chemical apparatus; Chemistry -- History; Chemistry; History; Distillation -- Early works to 1800; Distillation apparatus; Liquors; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Tobacco; Distillation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; drawings (visual works); recipes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

341 leaves : paper, illustrations; 285 x 215 (226 x 151) mm bound to 294 x 223 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p. 1).; First section, incipit and explicit: (heading and incipit, p. 1) Operationes Divini Raymundi Lulli. De Aquavite virtutibus. Aqua vitae ornatur pluribus virtutibus, et laudibus ... (p. 16) alias curari non possunt. Finis artis operativae Divini Raymundi Lulli. Sequuntur remediae omnium morborum diversorum clarissimorum virorum, omnium generum in ordine positorum cum notis in margine eorum a me expertorum.; Second (main) section, incipit and explicit: (heading and incipit, p. 17) De medendis omnibus morbis diversorum authorum praestantissimorum cum simplicibus remediis. De casu capillorum cap. i. Cinis parvarum ranarum combustarum ... (p. 676) Ungent certi e solvere magistial.; Collation: iii + 341 leaves; 1-9⁸, 10⁸(+1), 11-30⁸, 31¹⁰, 32-37⁸, 38¹⁰, 39-41⁸; 1-609, [ii], 610-676, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center. Catchwords, lower right verso.; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.; Decoration: Ink drawings and diagrams throughout, showing chemical apparatus, tobacco pipes, etc.; Watermarks: At least two different types of watermarks.; Binding: 19th-20th century Italian calf over pasteboards. Cover is in poor condition. Spine and lower board completely detached; upper board loose. Edges of cover worn, crumbling and deteriorated. Binding becoming weak between some quires. Some pages stained, possibly due to oxidation of ink.; Origin: Written in Italy in 1676 (p. 1).; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Latin, with some sections (p. 609-676) in Italian and occasional words in Greek.; Related Work: Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316. De aquavite virtutibus.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 122