Collegium chymica.

Abstract:

Chemical manuscript with instructions for preparing several hundred substances, both pharmaceutical and alchemical. Entries for a few preparations include references to earlier authorities such as Paracelsus, Ruland, and Glauber. The entries in an alphabetical index in two columns at the end of the volume appear to be in Towneley's hand and to cover the whole volume, but page numbers were added later, both to the manuscript and to the index, only through 194.

Creator:

Towneley, John, -1704.

Date:

1681

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Identifier:

9959807093503681; (OCoLC)ocn1030141956; (PUVoyagerBIBID)5980709; (OCoLC)1030141956; (PU)5980709-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Samuel Gedge Rare Books, catalogue 15 (2013), item 122.; Offered for sale at auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge among the manuscripts of Towneley Hall, 27-28 June 1883, lot 139 (label on spine).

Publisher:

[Leiden], 1681.

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281; Collation model https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/111/; Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000256

Subject:

Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry.; History.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, European.; Lecture notes.; Prescriptions.; Manuscripts, Latin -- 17th century.; Codices.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

128 leaves : paper; 210 x 158 (136-155 x 105-110) mm bound to 224 x 175 mm

Corporate Name:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Written at the university in Leiden in 1681 (front flyleaf, p. i).; Ms. codex.; Binding: 19th-century calf, blind-tooled, gilt spine title.; Script: Written in cursive script by John Towneley.; Pagination: Paper, i (19th-century) + 128 leaves + i (19th century); [i-ii], 1-100, 100, 100-175, 178-179, 176-194, [195-250]; early foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper outer corners.; Title from caption title (p. 1).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1644

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.