A collection of alchemical preparations, written in black ink with red ink used for headings and for some symbols, margins ruled in red ink. For the title as well as for the name of substances the writer used secret ciphers. Also includes a section of medical recipes in the Ladin language.
78 leaves : paper, illustrations; 168 x 126 (125 x 105) mm bound to 175 x 134 mm
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Notes:
Origin: Written in Switzerland in 1737 (f. 1r).; Ms. codex.; Decoration: Pen and ink drawings of alchemical apparatus (f. 7v, f. 15v, f. 21r, f. 24v, f. 56v), with smaller drawings at other locations in the text.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, ii (contemporary paper) + 78 + i (contemporary paper); [1-78]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be one hand, including appendices.; Binding: Contemporary sheepskin.; German and Rhaeto-Roman.
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