[Alchemical treatise]; [manuscript].

Title:

[Alchemical treatise] [manuscript].

Abstract:

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.

Format:

78 leaves : paper, ill.; 168 x 126 (125 x 105) mm. bound to 175 x 134 mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn155964374; (OCoLC)155964374; (CStRLIN)PAUR95-A448; (PU)1580945-penndb-Voyager

Language:

German and Rhaeto-Roman.

Publisher:

[Switzerland], 1737.

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry -- History.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Drawings.; Recipes.; Manuscripts, German; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscript

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 508

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts