[Alchemical miscellany]

Abstract:

Collection of articles, excerpts, and recipes, with references to Paracelsus and the Archidoxa, mercury, sulfur, coagulation, and distillation. Titles include Regulae ex summa (f. 2r), Ramus aureus (f. 7r), and Tinctura physicorum (f. 45r).

Date:

1700

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Identifier:

9961483963503681; (OCoLC)ocn915085978; (OCoLC)915085978; (PU)6148396-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin; German

Provenance:

Sold by Jeffrey D. Mancevice (Worcester, Massachusetts), 2014.

Publisher:

[Naples?], [1700-1725?]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281

Subject:

Alchemy.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry.; Codices.; Excerpts.; Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Recipes.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

59 leaves : paper; 155 x 98 mm bound to 160 x 110 mm

Personal Name:

Paracelsus,

Corporate Name:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Origin: Possibly written in Naples (f. 55v) in the early 18th century (Mancevice).; Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, i + 59 + i; [i-ii, 1-57]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; erased foliation in pencil in upper right recto suggests that this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript and perhaps bound in a different order.; Binding: 18th-century half calf; gilt spine with leather pasted over one label and another label damaged; endpapers of colored pattern prints on paste paper.; Script: Written in cursive script by multiple hands.; Latin, with one recipe in German (f. 34v).

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1715

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.