Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Podius, Milanutius

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9929766003503681
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3707wz23

Publisher

Language

Origin

Date

1559

Summary

Letter on the philosopher's stone directed to "Dux illustrissime," written in one hand, in Rome, dated 1559 (f. 8r). Signature appears to be Milanutius Podius, cataloged by dealer under Poggio Milanucci, form of the name Milanutius Podius taken from Zacour-Hirsch. A sewn gathering of 8 bifolia with contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, 1-6, [7-8], upper outer corner. Ink oxidized.

Notes

• Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
   
• Incipit: Cum dux ill[ustrissi]me sepius suis recordet quando simul super aliquibus Aristotilicis locis ratiocinando, pluries visum tibi fuisse, me illa, aut non intellegere, aut dicebas quod ego faciebam Aristotilem...
   

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Support

Subjects topical

• Alchemy
• Alchemy--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

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