[Alchemical miscellany]

University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

94 leaves : parchment and paper ; 123 x 84 mm bound to 132 x 95 mm; Binding: Modern parchment.; Decoration: 6 drawings of laboratory apparatus, including alembics and furnaces (f. 16v, 17v, 18v, 20r, 25r, 25v-26r); marginal drawings of beakers and alembics (f. 55v, 57v, 62v); ontological diagram of processes and elements titled Arbor philosophiae, in red and black ink (f. 89r); frequent manicules of different styles, some in red ink or touched in red; section titles and highlights in red, orange, or blue ink; paragraph marks in red or blue ink in some parts of the manuscript.; Foliation: Parchment and paper, ii (modern paper) + 94 + ii (modern paper); 1-2¹⁴ 3²⁸ 4¹² 5²⁰ 6⁶; [1], 2-94; early foliation in ink, mostly lower right recto but occasionally lower left recto, lower center recto, or mid-right margin recto; occasional modern foliation in pencil corresponds to early foliation. Gatherings 1-2 in parchment; gathering 3 in paper except for outermost bifolium and central 3 bifolia in parchment; gatherings 4-5 in paper; gathering 6 in paper except for outermost bifolium.; Latin, with some passages in German (f. 10v, 20v-21r, 40v-43v, 83v-84v, 91r-93v) and Czech (f. 11v, 26v-28v).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Layout: Casual vertical bounding lines in ink on most pages.; Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in or near Vienna, ca. 1476 (latest date in manuscript, f. 51r).; Script: Written in semi-Gothic script, in the hand of Georg Hayniger (f. 6v, 9r, 11r).; Title supplied by cataloger.

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