Scienza cabalistica... [etc.]; [manuscript].

Title:

Scienza cabalistica... [etc.] [manuscript].

Abstract:

Collection of cabalistic texts that discuss numerology, ciphers, anagrams, and chiromancy with numerous tables and diagrams throughout.

Description:

Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.

Format:

87 leaves : paper; 211 x 148 (169 x 105) mm. bound to 218 x 162 mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn908764487; (OCoLC)908764487; (PU)6293553-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian and Latin.

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.; Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 591, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.

Publisher:

[Italy, between 1700 and 1799]

Subject:

Anagrams -- Early works to 1800.; Cabala -- Early works to 1800.; Ciphers -- Early works to 1800.; Numerology -- Early works to 1800.; Occultism -- Early works to 1800.; Palmistry -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Diagrams.; Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Italian; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Rainsford, Charles,; Northumberland, Hugh Percy,

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1680

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts