[Miscellany of scientific treatises].

Abstract:

Collection of scientific, alchemical, and medical works. Some are by famous individuals such as Geber, Albertus Magnus, and Johannes de Rupescissa, but most are unattributed. Partial table of contents in a later hand pasted inside upper cover. Many marginal notes, symbols, corrections and comments in various later cursive hands, including a reference to the date 1431 (f. 16r).

Date:

1450

Identifier:

9915455713503681; (OCoLC)ocn155962956; (OCoLC)155962956; (PU)1545571-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR94-A55

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by George T. Strong (signature, dated 1839, f. [i] recto); sold at auction at Bangs & Co., 4 Nov. 1878, lot 1061.; Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (signature, dated 1878, f. [i] recto; bookplate inside lower cover).; Passed to the University of Pennsylvania with the Lea Library.; Possibly formerly owned by Richard Heber (inscription referring to Heber's sale, f. [i] recto).; Formerly owned by Georg Franz Burkhard Kloss (Frankfurt am Main); sold at auction at Sotheby's to Rodd, 7 May 1835, lot 4567.

Publisher:

[Germany], [between 1450 and 1475]

Subject:

Alchemy.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry -- History.; Chemistry.; History.; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.; Medicine, Medieval.; Codices.; Anthologies.; Drawings (visual works); Recipes.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

123 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 207 x 140 (148 x 85) mm bound to 215 x 145 mm

Personal Name:

Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365. Liber lucis.; Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. De mineralibus. Selections.; Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311.; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.; Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, attributed name.; Heber, Richard, 1773-1833, former owner.; Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard, 1787-1854, former owner.; Strong, George Templeton, 1820-1875, former owner.; Geber, active 13th century.

Rights:

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Notes:

Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script in a single hand, with a second, slightly later hand beginning on f. 120v.; Origin: Written in Germany, in the third quarter of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Decoration: Diagram of alchemical devices (f. 22v); sketches in ink of crowns (f. 9v, 23r); 4-line and 5-line puzzle initials in red and green (f. 2r, 47r), alternating green or red initials and paragraph marks throughout; red underlining throughout; various chemical and alchemical symbols used in the text and marginalia.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 26-29 long lines; ruled in lead.; Collation: Paper, i + 123 + i; 1¹², 2-7¹⁰, 8¹⁰(+1), 9-12¹⁰; 1-75, [i], 76-122; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Gatherings signed a-i, k-m, lower right recto of leaves in first half of each gathering.; Title supplied by cataloger; title written in Latin on upper cover is too abraded to be read easily.; Binding: Contemporary boards with remains of bronze clasp; rebacked with 19th-century morocco; spine is worn, particularly at the hinges. Title (abraded) written on upper cover. The second and last quires and the front endleaf are pulling loose. A few leaves are torn.; Watermark: Piccard XIII. iii. 1638 (ca. 1483); also, cf. Piccard IV. xii. 252 and 253 (ca. 1487 and 1488).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 69