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[Medical and philosophical compilation].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1696
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy--Early works to 1800.
- Alchemy.
- Druzes--Early works to 1800.
- Druzes.
- Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy.
- Occultism--Early works to 1800.
- Occultism.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- compilation manuscripts
- manuals (instructional materials)
- prescriptions
- seals (artifacts)
- Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.
- 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. 610-614, 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:
- 138 leaves : paper ; 193 x 158 (165 x 115) mm bound to 200 x 168 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [Gibraltar?], [between 1750 and 1799]
- Language Note:
- English, with some Greek and a few words in Hebrew.
- Summary:
- Collection of works copied by Charles Rainsford that includes texts on the Druze people and their religion, classical philosophers, and a final section of medical recipes and remedies. Also includes a partial list of contents (p. 30). There is a cracked but intact red wax seal on p. 80.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Pagination: Paper, 138 leaves; [1-240, 1-3, 3-35]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
- Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.
- Binding: Contemporary parchment.
- Origin: Written in Gibraltar[?] in the second half of the 18th century.
- Local Notes:
- Purchased with support from the B. H. Breslauer Foundation.
- Cited as:
- Medical and Philosophical Compilation (Ms. Codex 1696). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 917935277
- Online:
- Unique at Penn blog post
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