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[Alchemical treatise].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1672
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Italian
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800.
- Alchemy.
- Occultism--Early works to 1800.
- Occultism.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Latin.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- 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.
- Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 583, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamps throughout).
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
- Physical Description:
- 124 leaves : paper ; 211 x 150 (172 x 110) mm bound to 225 x 161 mm + 16 notes
- Place of Publication:
- [Italy], [between 1750 and 1799]
- Language Note:
- Latin and Italian.
- Summary:
- Alchemical treatise concerning the creation of the philosopher's stone (p. 72) and on transmutation of metals such as gold, silver, lead, and mercury. Also includes a table of contents (p.169).
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 124 + ii (contemporary paper) leaves; [xxxvi], 1-11, [v], 12-22, [v], 23-29, [v], 30-39, [vi], 41-56, [iv], 57-64, [iv], 65-71, [v], 72-122, [i], 123-152, [ii], 153-168, [169-176]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
- Layout: Written in 19-20 long lines; ruled in red pencil or crayon.
- Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with marginal notes in a second hand.
- Decoration: Manicules throughout (for example, p. 115).
- Binding: Contemporary parchment.
- Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 18th century.
- Local Notes:
- Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Codex 1672.
- OCLC:
- 907935272
- Online:
- Unique at Penn blog post
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