[Pharmacopoeia]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1722

Description:

Collection of a large number of alchemical and medicinal preparations, some with the names of famous men attached, e.g., Glauber (f. 2v, 78v), Paracelsus (f. 9v), Matthiolus (f. 17r), Fernel (f. 23v), Galen (f. 26v), Mynsicht (f. 30v), Hippocrates (f. 46v), Sydenham (f. 79r). Alphabetical index to preparations on f. 122-140. Many of the recipes stem from an "officina Mülhausiana" (f. 27v, today Mulhouse), see the initial "M" and the note "Mülh" throughout. Others are marked "G" or "Gen," probably for Genève.

Language:

French; Latin

Provenance:

Former owners include: Pedro N. Arata, Buenos Aires (stamp, f. 86r); Mario Pedro Arata (signature and stamp, inside upper cover).; Purchased, 1974.; Arata, Mario Pedro, 1891-1946, former owner.; Arata, Pedro N. (Pedro Narciso), 1849-1922, former owner.

Subject:

Pharmacy -- Early works to 1800; Pharmacy; Distillation; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); prescriptions; recipes; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

140 leaves : paper, illustrations; 202 x 161 mm bound to 207 x 167 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Rudolf Hirsch notes on file in Library).; Dates in text: 1720 (f. 81r), 1719 (f. 81v), and "paratum mense Aprili 1722 Genev" (f. 82r). A printed dealer's description pasted inside upper cover gives date 1784, but the description does not fit the contents of this volume.; Foliation: Paper, 140; 1-53, 56-86, [87-142]; contemporary or near-contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Text continues on f. 119-113 upside down and in reverse order; f. 87-112, 141-142 blank.; Script: Written in various cursive scripts by several hands.; Decoration: Pen-and-ink illustrations of distallation apparatus "distillatio chymica de cornu cervi" (f. 19r), "distillato chymica de viperis" (f. 48v) and "rectificatio" (f. 50v).; Binding: Contemporary boards.; Origin: Written in Mulhouse or Geneva after 1722.; French and Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 528