163 leaves : 302 x 210 mm bound to 315 x 215 mm +Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 168 + i (contemporary paper); [i-v, 1-163]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Irregular contemporary foliation and pagination in ink, upper outer corners. All references in this record are to modern foliation. A number of leaves have been cut out, occasionally resulting in a loss of text (for example, f. 14-15). Several folios are completely detached (f. 33-35).Written in various cursive scripts by many different hands.Circular foldout diagram (f. 93r); pen and ink drawings of alchemical apparatus (for example, f. 4r) and several circular diagrams (f. 31r, 122v).Table, f. 2rDiagram, f. 3rDiagram, f. 3vDiagram, f. 4rDiagram, f. 4vDiagram, f. 5rDiagram, f. 29vDiagram, f. 31rDiagram, f. 34vDiagram, f. 42rDiagram, f. 115rDiagram, f. 115vDiagram, f. 116rDiagram, f. 119rDiagram, f. 122vDiagram, f. 123rDiagram, f. 123vTable, f. 125rTable, f. 125vTable, f. 126rTable, f. 126v
Contemporary parchment. Some staining of paper due to mold and moisture damage. Several leaves are completely detached.
Written in the 18th century[?].
between 1750 and 1799Formerly housed in the library of the Jesuit College of Naples (note, f. v verso).Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 587, 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.Book TypeAccountsAlmanacAnthologyAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryCatalogChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryCompendiumContractCourt recordsDictionaryDocumentDogaleDramaEncyclopediaEpicEstate inventoryFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGovernment recordsGradualHalakhahHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHybrid bookHymnalInventoryKoranLand surveyLectionaryLecture notesMass bookMiscellanyMissalPassion playPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookRegisterSaint's LifeScribal manualSong bookSpeech or addressTorahTreatiseWillCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianBohemianByzantineCarolingianCatalanChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFilipinoFlemishFrenchGermanGreekHungarianIndianIslamicItalianJewishKaraiteMamlukMexicanMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishSwissTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalendarCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptEngravingForgeryFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaCroatiaCzech RepublicEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMexicoMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPhilippinesPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited StatesWalesYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAnimal cultureAphorismsAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalBinding wasteCartographyCatholic churchChemistryChurch FathersCity planningCosmologyCryptographyDevotionDialogueEthicsFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFranciscansFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryIndexInstructional materialsKabbalahLegalListsLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMapsMaritimeMathematicsMedieval romanceMetaphysicsMeteorologyMilitary art and scienceMineralogyMysticismPenitentialPhilosophyPiyutimPolemicResponsaRhetoricScheduleScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureShipbuildingStatutesStorytellingSufismTheologyWine and winemakingAlchemy--Early works to 1800AlchemyAnatomy--Early works to 1800OccultismOccultism--Early works to 1800AnatomyCodicesDiagramsManuscripts, EuropeanManuals (instructional materials)Manuscripts, ItalianManuscripts, LatinManuscripts, SpanishDrawings (visual works)17th centuryItalianSpanishItalyPaperDiagramsAlchemyScience -- Medicine