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Title

Raccolta di celebri arcani chimici da diversi famosi filosofi dati in luce et esperimentati

Authors

• Catholic Church

Call number

Ms. Codex 124
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915805403503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122584690
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580540

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian, with some Latin

Origin

Date

15--

Place

Italy

Summary

Chemical/alchemical work (p. 1-154), preceded by an explanation of astronomical and chemical symbols and by a table of contents (p. [vii]-[xii] before p. 1), to which page references were added by the same hand that added the pagination. Begins (p. 1) with a chapter on "lapis philosophorum" and continues with astrological, alchemical and pharmaceutical sections, e.g. Sole di Fra Giorgio d'Armenia; sole in mercurio; lavoro mercuriale; oglio d'antimonio' sale di vitriolo; purificatione di mercurio; ad morbum gallicum. Also includes a litany of the Blessed Virgin (p.158-159), very similar to the Litany of Loreto.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. [v]).
   
• Incipit and explicit: (p. 1) Philosophorum lapidis. Confectio sincerissima a quodam philosopho ... (p. 154) confortat in agonia.
   
• Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
   

Extent

88 leaves : 197 x 142 (178 x 116) mm. bound to 207 x 141 mm

Collation

Paper, i (17th-century paper) + 88 + i (17th-century paper); 1¹⁰(-1) 2-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰(-1); [x], 1-166; pagination in ink in a somewhat later hand, upper outer corners. Signatures on first recto and last verso of each quire, lower inner corner. Catchwords in lower right corner, each page.

Support

Paper

Binding

17th-century Italian half vellum. Cover starting to pull loose, particularly at inside front hinge. Manuscript was trimmed for rebinding and edges sprinkled with red.

Decoration

Alchemical symbols throughout; a few manicules (p. 31, 82).

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher (bookplate, inside upper cover); description from unidentified dealer's catalogue (inside lower cover).
   
• Acquired, 1963.
   

Subjects topical

• Alchemy--Early works to 1800
• Astrology--Early works to 1800
• Astronomy--Early works to 1800
• Chemistry--History
• Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800
• Pharmacology--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Recipes
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Italian
• Italy
• Recipe book
• Alchemy
• Astrology
• Astronomy
• Paper

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover