Omnia secrettus & arttes de verra alhimie, cum lavorem de tinttura alba & rubra

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

Alchemical collection. Consists mostly of recipes for alchemical preparations and prescriptions. Headings include: quinta essentia, opus lapides philosofici per Viam auris pottabillis, Mars in luna meliorem natturalis, etc.

Language:

German; Latin

Provenance:

Bookplate of bookseller Krüger & Co. (Leipzig) pasted onto inside upper cover.; Acquired, 1966.

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Chemistry -- History; Chemistry; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); recipes; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

16 leaves : paper; 173 x 105 mm bound to 174 x 105 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, 16; [1-16]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary boards constructed from a German map. Cover has a pen and ink drawing of a double eagle surrounding a heart inscribed with alchemical symbols and "No. 8" (pasted onto cover).; Origin: Written in Germany in the 18th century.; German, with some Latin headings.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 519