[Alchemical miscellany]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Collection of four works concerning alchemy by Roger Bacon, Morienus Romanus (apocryphal), Geber (i.e., Jābir ibn Ḥayyān), and Avicenna. Includes an index to the volume that is incomplete and badly damaged.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Hamon Styleman-le Strange (signature, flyleaf ii recto); Falconer Madan (signature, flyleaf ii recto); W. M. Voynich (Zacour-Hirsch).; Acquired, 1922.; Le Strange, Hamon, 1840-1918, former owner.; Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935, former owner.; Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930, former owner.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/64

Subject:

Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Chemistry -- History -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

54 leaves : paper; 298 x 196 (227 x 150) mm bound to 306 x 207 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-10r: Tractatus trium verborum / Roger Bacon. -- 2. f.10r-13r: Quaestiones inter Kalid regem et Morienum philosophum / Morienus Romanus (apocryphal). -- 3. f.13v-42v: Summa perfectionis magisterii / Geber. -- 4. f.42v-50r: De anima / Avicenna. 5. f.50r-50v: Index.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Signatures: Quires given letters a-d.; Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 50 + ii (modern paper); 1-3¹², 4¹⁶ (-2); 1-50; contemporary foliation in ink, with roman numerals preceded by quire letter (e.g., bxvii = f. 17, in quire 2), lower right recto, many trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire. Link to collation model at end of record.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with marginalia written in various hands.; Decoration: A few initials in red.; Watermark: Visible in gutter, but not legible enough for identification.; Binding: Half morocco; England, 1871 (front flyleaf ii recto).; Origin: Written in England[?] in the first half of the 15th century.; The edges of most folios are slightly torn and split. There is evidence of water and mildew damage. The last four folios are badly damaged, with loss of text; extensive repairs have been done on the paper.; Two autograph notes (front flyleaf ii recto): 1.) Haymon Styleman-le Strange, indicating that the manuscript was bound in October 1871; 2.) Falconer Mandan, dated 1 December 1892, identifying the first text.; Typescript table of contents included (front flyleaf i verso).; Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 110