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Title

Collection of various tracts from original m.s.s.

Authors

• Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93028960)

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1687
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962935723503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913830433
• https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/23/ https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3n29p86r

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

English, French, and Italian, with occasional words in Greek and Hebrew

Origin

Date

1796-1797

Place

England

Summary

Collection of cabalistic and occult works compiled and translated by Charles Rainsford. Includes a letter to a young lady in French (p. 8); a description of paradise (p. 52); discussions of biblical texts such as the book of Ezekiel (p. 52) and the gospel of Matthew (p. 66); and translations of several Italian cabalistic texts (p. 107).

Notes

• Title from title page (p. i).
   
• Ms. codex.
   

Extent

182 leaves : 322 x 203 (278 x 170) mm bound to 334 x 210 mm

Foliation

Paper, 182 leaves; [i], 1-94, 100-104, 107-127, [ccxliii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary green dyed parchment. Page 103-104 has been partially cut out and p. 105-106 has been completely torn out.

Layout

Written in 24 long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.

Provenance

• Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 599, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
   
• Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
   

Subjects topical

• Cabala
• Cabala--Early works to 1800
• Occultism--Early works to 1800
• Occultism

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, English
• Manuscripts, French
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 18th century
• English
• French
• Italian
• England
• Paper
• Kabbalah

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